BROOKE SHARKEY: A TASTE OF TRUTH

London based singer, songwriter and guitarist Brooke Sharkey sings in french and english. She lived in France, then busked her way around Europe, India and South America. She performs shows and festivals, where I stumbled across her off of Columbia Road in London.



A Taste of Truth
EP by Brooke Sharkey
Lil Bee Records 2010

AMÉLIE NOTHOMB: FEAR AND TREMBLING

According to ancient Japanese protocol, foreigners wishing to approach the emperor did so with fear and trembling, conveying ultimate respect. Amelie goes to Japan to spend a year working at the Yumimoto Corporation. Returning to the land where she was born is a fulfillment of a dream; working there turns into a comic nightmare.


Paperback 132 pages.
by Amélie Nothomb. English translation by Adriana Hunter
First published in France, 1999, under the title Stupeur et Tremblements
Won the Grand Prix du Roman de l'Academie Française in 1999