An Artist of the Floating World in the Bookshop

An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro

""Write about what you know' is the most stupid thing I've heard. It encourages people to write a dull autobiography. It's the reverse of firing the imagination and potential of writers." - Kazuo Ishiguro

 

Orientalism in the Bookshop

Orientalism by Edward W Said

"I don't remember when exactly I read my first comic book, but I do remember exactly how liberated and subversive I felt as a result." - Edward Said