Top 5: Winter Reads
Our stylishly bookish Toronto editor Athena Tsavliris offers up her hit list of good winter reads.
The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono
A touching and poignant fable about a selfless shepherd who devotes his life to planting acorns.
$8.95 at www.amazon.ca
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
This
Pulitzer Prize-winning novel threads nine stories that span topics from
war to domestic discord in India and the U.S. $11.64 at www.amazon.ca
D V by Diana Vreeland
Diana Vreeland's autobiography chronicles her 50 years of trendsetting as fashion editor of Harper's Bazaar, editor-in-chief of Vogue and creator of dozens of famous exhibits. $91.16 at www.amazon.ca
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Written
as a children's book, this classic 1943 novella (one of the 50
bestselling books of all time) about a pilot downed in the Sahara
Desert is a philosophical exploration of sadness, solitude and
adulthood. The restored illustrations are a charm. $10.76 at www.amazon.ca
All My Friends Are Superheroes by Andrew Kaufman
Hilarious
debut novel by Canadian author Kaufman follows protagonist Tom as he
navigates a world where everyone is a superhero—except for him. $14.82
at www.amazon.ca