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Gina Collia-Suzuki's Reviews

Reviews of Gina’s Work

The Wonderful Demise of Benjamin Arnold Guppy
Jun.01.2009
Published by Allbooks Review
Do you like your neighbours? Are they good, wholesome people who like to get on with you? If they are, then you are lucky. Your neighbours could be Ben and Pat Guppy. Who? If you...
Utamaro Revealed
Published by The Asian Review of Books
Of the three most prolific and celebrated Japanese woodblock print artists -- Hokusai (1760-1849), Hiroshige (1797-1858), and Utamaro (1753-1806) -- the least well-known is...
The Wonderful Demise of Benjamin Arnold Guppy
Feb.19.2009
Published by Amazon.com
This book is scrumptiously wicked! The character development is fantastically done and in the case of the Guppy's will leave you wanting to do them in yourself. The amazing amount...
The Wonderful Demise of Benjamin Arnold Guppy
Feb.09.2009
Published by Amazon.com
"The Wonderful Demise of Benjamin Arnold Guppy," (or, as I like to call it, the tale of the world's grumpiest old man), is a murderous misadventure wrapped in the guise of comedic...
The Wonderful Demise of Benjamin Arnold Guppy
Feb.03.2009
Published by Amazon.co.uk
Gina Collia-Suzuki has captured the unusual subject matter of nuisance neighbours brilliantly well in this gem of a book.Approached with a good balance of humour and despair it is...
The Wonderful Demise of Benjamin Arnold Guppy
Jan.24.2009
Published by Amazon.co.uk
A delightfully humorous book which is a must read for anyone who has ever suffered at the hands of bad neighbours. The story of a young couple who move into a new home, and fall...
Utamaro Revealed
Dec.11.2008
Published by Amazon.com
This is an invaluable guide for anyone with a real interest in Japanese prints. Although the author says her aim was to put together a reference book for readers with an interest...
Utamaro Revealed
Jan.03.2009
Published by Amazon.com
For those unfamiliar with Kitagawa Utamaro, he was Japanese artist in the late 1700s / early 1800s whose expertise in Ukiyo-e prints is unsurpassed. Ukiyo-e, meaning "pictures of...
Utamaro Revealed
Jan.23.2009
Published by Museum of East Asian Art, Bath
Gina Collia-Suzuki gave a mesmerising talk at the Museum of East Asian Art regarding Utamaro's depictions of real-life Japanese men and women, focusing on his series of ill-fated...