Bibliography

One of the joys of our time away was rediscovering the joy of reading. After reading text books, computer screens and journals all day at work the last thing I would want to do in the evening would be to get stuck into a good book. With no TV or other distractions around and plenty of time sat waiting for transport to leave or some other event there was no excuse. A good book it was any while there were many trashy novels consumed for want of anything better, we did manage to pick up many good reads. We ended up with a fair few classics due to the fact that they were often half the price of a modern day effort. In a rough order, the better ones were:

• Soul Maountain - Gau Xingjian
• The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain - Mark Twain
• Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe
• Ivanhoe - Sir Walter Scott
• Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer
• Kim - Rudyard Kipling
• No Full Stops for India - Mark Tully
• to Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
• The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
• Animal Farm - George Orwell
• Untouchable - Mulk Raj Anand
• White Tiger - Aravind Adiga
• Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts
• Anna Karenina - Tolstoy