Observer review: Kafka by Nicholas Murray by thepowerofnow1 Related: It has been 12 years since Patrick Rothfuss published The Wise Man’s Fear. Here is what other authors have done since then… When was the last time you read a book in one sitting? Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami is an uncomfortable deep dive in the mundane horrors of womanhood. Book buying guilt What are some books that you go back to over and over?