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[EN] “(To India)” Tadanori Yokoo, 1977 Review | India as fantasy

★★★★★ A spiritual journey to India by th…

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[EN] “Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race” Reni Eddo-Lodge, 2019 Review | silence won’t protect us

★★★★★+❤ How the author, a young black Br…

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[EN] “Gautama Buddha” Vishvapani Blomfield, 2011 Review | Intro to Buddha’s own life

★★★★☆ A sober biography of the Buddha as…

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[EN] “Pro Bono” Seicho Matsumoto, 1961 Review | A girl just wanna have a revenge

★★★★☆ He made a siple mistake, but now j…

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[EN] “Deep River” Shusaku Endo, 1996 Review | Embracing life and death >>

★★★★★ A group of strangers joins a tour …

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[EN] “White Man, Yellow Man” Shusaku Endo, 1955 Review | Between the races >>

★★★★★ Christianity and evil. It’s the ev…

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[EN] “Sea of Poppies” Amitav Ghosh, 2008 Review | Leading up to Opium War >>

★★★★★ In India, under British, Opium far…