Showing posts with label Travel writing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Travel writing. Show all posts

Wednesday, 12 June 2024

Words of Mercury in the Bookshop

Words of Mercury by Patrick Leigh Fermor

"I do believe that a book has its own engine that is always running somewhere at the back of your mind." - Maggie O'Farrell




































 

Saturday, 1 July 2017

Strange Encounters in the Bookshop

"Books are always obviously having conversations with other books, and some times they're amiable and sometimes not." - China Miéville, The City & the City