Monday 2 January 2012

What was your best read of 2011?

Mine was the wonderful One Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet.
I am a long term fan of David Mitchell (that is the literary one not the budding national treasure one) and knew I would like 1,000 Autumns but was not prepared for quite how much I would love it. It is a novel about understanding, how we communicate with others who speak another language. How different cultures communicate, trade, dominate, serve, love and hate. It has a massive sweep over modern history and examines the relationship between East and West. A novel set in 1800 yet speaking to us in the 21st century.
So what did you enjoy reading in 2011? By that I mean books you read in 2011 regardless of when published.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thousand-Autumns-Jacob-Zoet/dp/0340921587/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1325537743&sr=1-2