Ballad in Plain E

My best friend’s English prof sent the link to this website to his class last week.

On “What is Stephen Harper Reading?“, Canadian author Yann Martel (Life of Pi) details his quest to expand Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s “stillness”. Every other Monday, Martel mails the PM a book which he has inscribed, along with a letter detailing what he hopes Harper will notice about or take from the book. The selections (there have 16 so far) include novels by Antione de Saint-Exupery, Agatha Christie, George Orwell, and Rainer Maria Rilke.

After Christmas when I’m not so busy, I think I might take up the challenge and check out some of the ones I haven’t read. Martel’s notes are quite interesting, and the whole thing reminds me somehow of Sophie’s World.

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