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TREES · 2016
The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben
A book about communication, ostensibly between trees. I read it during a long week of contested custody and found myself underlining sentences for entirely different reasons.
The Human System — v.
A small shelf
Books I have finished and want to remember. Reflections are personal, not reviews in any reviewing sense. The mark beneath each is a private rating; please ignore it if it bothers you.
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PRIOR · 2018
On Reading Well
Karen Swallow Prior
A defence of slow reading, in a slow voice. I returned to it three times this year. It pairs, oddly, with the Civil Procedure Rules.
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ERNAUX · 2008
The Years
Annie Ernaux
A memoir without a self. I do not know how she does it. The chapter on the eighties stayed with me for a month.
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HART · 1961
法律的概念
H. L. A. Hart
I read this twice in law school, once in English, once in Chinese. The translation is quieter than the original — which, I think, suits Hart.
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SOLNIT · 2005
A Field Guide to Getting Lost
Rebecca Solnit
Read on a plane to Penang. The chapter on the colour blue, twice. I have started a small notebook of distances since.
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TRUSTS · 2023
Trusts: A Practitioner’s Companion
Ed. Various
A working reference. The chapter on cross-border family trusts is genuinely useful. The rest, less so. I keep it on the desk anyway.