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Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 152: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

by | Sep 11, 2024 | , , , , ,

“A novel? Goodness, Nurieta…. The novel is dead and buried. A friend of mine who has just arrived from New York was telling me only the other day Americans are inventing something called television, which will be like the cinema, only at home. There’ll be no more need...

Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 149: Art For God’s Sake by Philip Graham Ryken

by | Aug 12, 2024 | , , , , ,

The tenuous relationship between art (in all its forms) and Christianity has always fascinated me. Especially American Evangelical Christianity. I’m someone who is a believer in Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior and have attempted my entire adult life as a Christian...

Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 148: The Marriage of Sticks by Jonathan Carroll

by | Jul 31, 2024 | , , , , ,

"You and Hugh were not supposed to stay together. He was fated to go back to his wife and have that little boy with her. You two were supposed to have a quick, red-hot affair. You were supposed to end up writing postcards from exotic places telling him how much you...

Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 147: The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami

by | Jul 22, 2024 | , , , , ,

Can we truly become our authentic self? This is the question Haruki Murakami attempts to answer in his latest novel, The City and its Uncertain Walls. It was already released in Japan in April 2023 and will be released in the United States this November. Murakami...

Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 145: The Lies of The Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi

by | Jun 12, 2024 | , , , , ,

  When you have been taught lies, what do you believe in? Is it preferable to lie in order to safeguard society from the truth? Both questions get answered in The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi. I came across this novella from the Goodreads recommendations...

Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 143: The Locked Room (New York Trilogy #3) by Paul Auster

by | May 22, 2024 | , , , , , , ,

Can you find your true self in living out your best friend's wishes? The narrator of The Locked Room, the last novel in Paul Auster’s innovative New York Trilogy, attempts to answer that question. A man named Fanshawe has gone missing, leaving his wife, child, and a...

Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 142: Ghosts (New York Trilogy #2) by Paul Auster

by | May 19, 2024 | , , , , ,

Ghosts is the second novel in Paul Auster's innovative New York Trilogy. As a tribute, I've decided to revisit his most celebrated work and share my impressions after three decades later after since my initial reading. Blue, a private detective, has been commissioned...

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