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Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Reviews, Travel&Lifestyle
BOOK REVIEW: THE AMUR RIVER
Colin Thubron’s latest travelogue, The Amur River, reviewed
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Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Reviews, Travel&Lifestyle
BOOK REVIEW: OF WOMEN AND SALT
Gabriela Garcia’s Of Women and Salt reviewed
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Arts & Culture, Travel&Lifestyle
Desperate Optimism: Staying On Trend In A Post-Fashion World
At a time when any sentient human could only feel restless despair, the new season’s trends declare us happier than ever.
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Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Travel&Lifestyle
BOOK REVIEW: Natsume Sōseki’s “I am a Cat”
Written in 1905, Sōseki’s work is narrated by an anonymous moggy who spends his days observing the comings-and-goings in the household of his master….
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Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Literature, Travel&Lifestyle
Book Review: Breasts and Eggs by Meiko Kawakami
Although a translation of her short novel Ms Ice Sandwich was brought out by Pushkin Press in 2017, Breasts and Eggs is the first full-length fiction by Mieko Kawakami to ...
Ideas in the Air
What hitherto had been the province of angels was about to become the territory of beings bound to the earth. Now they could reach for the stars.
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Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Travel&Lifestyle
When fast didn’t matter: the Lausanne Typewriter Museum
On top of the small mirrored table set out for special exhibits, a vintage Hermes 3000 typewriter still rattles from the blow.
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Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Travel&Lifestyle
In Search of Kunufeh – a recent journey to Israel and Jordan
Now I am standing before this timelessly powerful monument, breathing the cold air in awe, remembering the House of David and the crusades, thinking that this is the source, this ...
Chasing Sakura: 10. School
We had, however, not experienced a moment’s error in Japan’s transport schedules – so far.
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Chasing Sakura: 09. Piss
One vine on its own snaps easily, but the strength of many tied together is enough to carry you over a gorge. That was the mantra I clung to as ...
Chasing Sakura: 08. Dance
I was in a foul mood, which the blandness of the place, coupled with the annoyingly present weather like a child incessantly badgering us, did nothing to assuage.
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Chasing Sakura: 07. Osaka
As one of the few establishments in Osaka that may possibly have offered a vegetarian option, this restaurant had taken us longer to locate than expected, seeing as Google Maps ...
Chasing Sakura: 06. Farewell
On the one hand, we were happy to walk freely on a narrow path that not too long beforehand would have been heaving with crowds. On the other, we were ...
Chasing Sakura: 05. Ceremony
The first time we saw Gion was in the evening, during a light rain. And what a seductive show it put on. The pink sun diminished between buildings seemingly held ...
Chasing Sakura: 04. Faces
The Land of the Rising Sun is also the Land of Many Faces.
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Chasing Sakura: 03. Incline
Every time we go away together, I wonder if my husband is plotting to kill me.
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Editor's Pick, Travel&Lifestyle
Chasing Sakura: 02. Scramble
Read part one of this series here.
Due to the back-and-forth nature of our trip, we gave ourselves only two days in Tokyo before we were ...
Chasing Sakura: 01. Occidentals
In the first of his column for Litro, debut author Polis Loui
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Essay Saturday, Travel&Lifestyle
Translating India – How To Die In India
“You westerners! You have too much fear!” he said. “You need to let loose. You know, like the Indian way. Here we don’t worry. Here, no problem!”
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A Lady and a Girl
One night, I overheard the following conversation between two women. In a hostel room in downtown London, they met for the first and last time, and they started exchanging polite ...