Julia's Jottings by Julia Verzhbinsky
[updated 11/7/09]

Julia Verzhbinsky is an inveterate reader and has agreed to post reviews periodically.

Four Reigns, by Kukrit Pramoj - jotting written November 2009NEW

The Reluctant Fundamentalist, by Mohsin Hamid

The Age of Shiva, by Mani Suri - jotting written April 2008

Oracle Bones, By Peter Hessler - written November 2007

Mishima, Spring Snow - written June 2007

Mirabai -- Written 3/24/07

Empress -- Shan Sa [Reviewed 11/21/06]

The Wind-up Bird Chronicle -- Haruki Murakami [reviewed 8/28/06]

The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong -- by Hyegyonggung Hong Ssi, translated by Jahyun Kim Haboush [reviewed 3/7/06]

In Praise of Shadows -- Junichiro Tanizaki [reviewed 9/27/05]

The Secret Lives of Alexandra David-Neel: A Biography of the Explorer of Tibet and Its Forbidden Practices -- by Barbara Foster, Michael Foster.

© Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

Mandala of Vajrabhairava, the conqueror of death, 1600-1700, Tibet; Ngor Monastery, Colors on cotton, The Avery Brundage Collection, B63D5

Many Lives, by K. Pramoj. Reviewed 2/15/05

Mipam - a Tibetan NOVEL? Reviewed 12/28/04

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, Jack Weatherford. Reviewed October 3, 2004

These three reviews pertain to Geisha Beyond the Painted Smile.

Madame Saddayakko, L. Downey - reviewed 6/9/04
Little Songs of Geisha, Liza Dalby - note 6/9/04
Snow Country, Yasunari Kawabata - reviewed 6/4/04