Patience is a virtue, its not something inherent that we are born with - something that develops along with us in the womb - but rather something we come to learn and understand.Centuries old and told in different par...
Continue readingGe Fei, the pen name of Liu Yong, is one of contemporary China’s most acclaimed and innovative novelists. Born in Jiangsu Province in 1964, Ge Fei emerged in the 1980s as a leading figure of the Chinese avant-garde, q...
Continue readingPeter James (born 1948) is a bestselling British crime writer, celebrated for his gripping thrillers and keen sense of place. Raised in Brighton, the son of Cornelia James—the former glovemaker to Queen Elizabeth II—J...
Continue readingHan Kang is a South Korean writer renowned for her poetic, experimental fiction that explores the depths of human suffering, violence, and the possibility of healing. Born in Gwangju in 1970, she moved to Seoul shortl...
Continue readingAttention is all we have. It’s more precious than the stuff we normally chase, like leisure time, wealth, health, and status. All of those can be improved or wasted depending on how you allocate your attentionNo skill...
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