A Blog About Books and Reading
A Blog About Books and Reading
You Crushed ItJean-Phillippe Baril Guérard; Neil Smith, trans.Book*hug Press There’s a reason novelists don’t often employ the future tense. Humans,...
In Gatsby, we find the apotheosis of Fitzgerald's novelistic voice.
"I sort of lucked into the idea that Fitzgerald should be a part of this book."
Otok Bitek uses local folklore as a metaphorical way of bringing the girls' experience into relief.
Chapman's book is about as far from subtle as it's possible to get.
Knútsdóttir places the reader in close proximity to Iðunn's psyche via an unreliable first-person narration.
Newell unfolds a tale that is, in places, almost unbearably sad in its portrayal of contemporary anomie.
For those looking for a solid throwback to the great pulp horror novels of the ’80s, this one is a good bet.
Okorafor does not miss a single opportunity to critique the contemporary media establishment.
Bollen has concocted a scenario that deftly upends traditional power structures.