FOR a long time, I have been enamored by little things in bookstores, especially those in developed countries. Go to the big bookshops in London, such as Waterstone (the largest ones on Piccadilly Street and Gower Street) and Foyles on Charing Cross Road, or a series of small bookshops in the Bloomsbury area. You will never find a section labeled ‘literary novels.’

You may find works by winners of the Man Booker, Pulitzer, Natio