The author is an Indian journalist who was advised not to walk in Kabul when she arrived there in 2006. She did so anyway - persistently - and has written this remarkable, subtle, allusive a... read more
The author of Oblomov spent the years 1852-1854 as secretary to Admiral Putyatin on board the Pallada; they sailed to Java, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Shanghai, the Philippines and Korea. ... read more