Scientific research shows that being an avid reader of books not only makes you smarter, but also makes you more humane and empathetic.
Honor Wilson-Fletcher, Director for the National Year of Reading, says:
“Reading is important in all its forms – it opens doors and makes life easier, so at the end of the day it doesn’t matter what you read. What’s more, it really can make you feel good!”
With that in mind, DESIblitz picks out eight incredible books to look forward to in 2016, amid the ocean of wonderful paperbacks.
5. The Man Who Snapped His Fingers by Fariba Hachtroudi (Translated by Alison Anderson)
The Man Who Snapped His Fingers is the debut novel in English by French-Iranian author Fariba Hachtroudi, winner of the 2001 French Human Rights Prize.
Hachtroudi left Iran with the 1979 Revolution and has since shown deep interest in religion and women’s rights. Her novel explores the effects of despotism in love and friendship.
A famous prisoner and a colonel meet years later in a faraway land. An outlandish and ambiguous relationship develops between them shared by their dark and violent past.
