Jan 17 2020
Christopher Tolkien, who published the posthumous works of his father J R R Tolkien, has died at the age of 95. The Lord of the Rings writer’s third and youngest son, Tolkien went on to edit or oversee the publication of 24 editions of his father’s works... Aged five, Tolkien started editing, promised tuppence by his father for every mistake her noticed. He typed up manuscripts and drew maps of Middle-earth, branded "my chief critic and collaborator" by his father...
The Funeral Cryer by Wenyan Lu
Debut novelist Wenyan Lu brings us this witty yet profound story about one woman's midlife reawakening in contemporary rural China.
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