Waiting for the Barbarians (Penguin Ink) Fiction_Gift_Guide Susan Southard has spent years

Susan Southard has spent years interviewing hibakusha (“bomb-affected people”) and researching the physical

This classic biography is the story of seven men—a naturalist

or a time for rest and relaxation to their days

as she puts it

their eccentricities

Waiting for the Barbarians (Penguin Ink) Fiction_Gift_Guide Susan Southard has spent yearsNOW A FILM STARRING MARK RYLANCE, JOHNNY DEPP, AND ROBERT PATTINSON A modern classic by Nobel Laureate J. M. Coetzee For decades the Magistrate has run the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement, ignoring the impending war between the barbarians and the Empire whose servant he is. When interrogation experts arrive, however, he finds himself jolted into sympathy with their victimsuntil their barbarous treatment of prisoners of war finally pushes him