Archive for June, 2013
Two reviews of “The Reluctant Fundamentalist”
June 2nd, 2013 by Roger Darlington
The novel by Mohsin Hamid – then based in London but now back in Lahore – was a challenging read and I reviewed the work here. This week, I saw the Mira Nair screen interpretation and I have reviewed the film here.
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Quirky foreign words the English language is missing
June 1st, 2013 by Roger Darlington
Ever felt your waistband tighten after raiding the fridge at the end of an overly stressful day at work? That’ll be a case of ‘grief bacon’ (or kummerspeck), as the Germans call it.A specific feeling, situation or action may be perfectly summed up by a single phrase like this in one language, yet it can […]
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