…up, and I'll concede that India is on the peaceful side of the international median. That said, the folks in Sri Lanka [1][2] and Bangladesh [3] would aggressively disagree. (Book recommendation: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida [4]. Also, anything by Assamese authors.) And this thesis really only applies to modern India. Pre-EIC India was a subcontinent of warring states. And even for the "modern India" designation, we have…
我这个月的书单是：1. Robin Hobb 的《刺客正传1：见习刺客》（Assassin's Apprentice，差不多读了 15%） 2. N.K. Jemisin 的《我们创造的世界》（The World We Make） 3. Shehan Karunatilaka 的《马利·阿尔梅达的七个月亮》（The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida，去年的布克奖得主） 4. Percival Everett 的《树》（The Trees，入围布克奖短名单） 接着我会试着读完地海传说系列（手头还有《地海故事集》和《另一方……
My queue for the month is 1. Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb (which I'm about 15% of the way through) 2. The World We Make by N.K. Jemisin 3. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka (last year's Booker prize winner) 4. The Trees by Percival Everett (a Booker prize shortlistee) And then I'll try to finish up the Earthsea cycle (I have Tales and The Other…
……拿出数据来，我承认印度在国际中位数里确实偏向和平那一侧。话虽如此，斯里兰卡 [1][2] 和孟加拉国 [3] 的人肯定会极力反对这个说法。（荐书：《马利·阿尔梅达的七个月亮》[4]。另外，阿萨姆作家的作品也都可以看看。）而且这个论点其实只适用于现代印度。东印度公司（EIC）统治之前的印度是一个列国混战的次大陆。即便放到“现代印度”这个定义下，我们也……
…up, and I'll concede that India is on the peaceful side of the international median. That said, the folks in Sri Lanka [1][2] and Bangladesh [3] would aggressively disagree. (Book recommendation: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida [4]. Also, anything by Assamese authors.) And this thesis really only applies to modern India. Pre-EIC India was a subcontinent of warring states. And even for the "modern India" designation, we have…
我这个月的书单是：1. Robin Hobb 的《刺客正传1：见习刺客》（Assassin's Apprentice，差不多读了 15%） 2. N.K. Jemisin 的《我们创造的世界》（The World We Make） 3. Shehan Karunatilaka 的《马利·阿尔梅达的七个月亮》（The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida，去年的布克奖得主） 4. Percival Everett 的《树》（The Trees，入围布克奖短名单） 接着我会试着读完地海传说系列（手头还有《地海故事集》和《另一方……
My queue for the month is 1. Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb (which I'm about 15% of the way through) 2. The World We Make by N.K. Jemisin 3. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka (last year's Booker prize winner) 4. The Trees by Percival Everett (a Booker prize shortlistee) And then I'll try to finish up the Earthsea cycle (I have Tales and The Other…