Works like The Lover, Whole Days in the Trees and The Sailor from Gibraltar – to mention a few. The book I think is most overratedOverrated books are often written in English and repeatedly celebrated in anglophone media. Lists of so-called “most important books in the last 100 years” always comprise mainly books written in English. Almost all of his books are sentimental, clumsy and lack poetry. It is one of the most beautiful and simply written science books, but more human and emotional than lots of sentimental fiction.

Source: The Guardian April 06, 2018 09:00 UTC