Read: 10
BOTM - J. Steinbeck, East of Eden*
J. Austen, Mansfield Park (K)
A. Cobban, A history of modern France vol 3
Confucius, Analects (K)
C. Dickens, A tale of two cities (K)
G. Eliot, Adam Bede (K)
P. Highsmith, The talented Mr Ripley
W. Scott, Ivanhoe (K)
J. Swift, Gulliver's Travels (K)
Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the west (K)
I expected to read more in China, but was defeated by a tendency to go to sleep on long train journeys and the vast length of the Journey to the west, which went on for ever. Anyway, none of my books read in China (note the kindle marks - an unqualified triumph as a travel tool) could hold a candle to East of Eden (another reread), which is stunning in scope, written beautifully, and powerful throughout. I read it in 2002 first and so it's been a while since I looked at it, but it's got better with time.
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