[Magdalen] What are we reading?

[Georgia DuBose]

"The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet," by David Mitchell, who also
wrote "Cloud Atlas." It's about the time at the end of the 18th
century when the Dutch East India company had a lot of influence in
Shogun-era Japan, before the Japanese allowed Westerners to step on to
the islands--they built little off-island islands as trade outposts. A
trader falls in love with a Japanese midwife...amazing, brilliantly
written story.

Georgia+


On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 8:13 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> It's snowing here, so what's better than curling up with a good book? On
> our trip to Sanibel we discovered a new (to us) author, Randy Wayne White,
> writer of whodunits. His main character, Doc Ford, is a marine biologist
> resident (of course) on the island, and his writing style is easy to read.
> Not great literature, but fun. White also, in addition to crafting these
> little opuses, owns three restaurants called Doc Ford's Rum Bar where the
> food is pretty decent. We ate at the one on Sanibel.