I’m surprised that this book isn’t more famous because according to the afterword, Stefan Zweig was the most famous writer in the world (!!) during the 1930s. Reading this made me a bit thoughtful.. Which of the writers that are …
Category: Book Reviews
Reviews focusing on works of literature that need more love! Focus on European, English and American classic novels.
Death and the Penguin, written by Andrey Kurkov, is a quirky and darkly comedic novel that takes the reader on a journey through the post-Soviet world of Ukraine. The protagonist, Viktor, is a struggling writer who takes on a job …
Before 1984, there was We by Yevgeny Zamyatin. Written in 1921, this is the OG Dystopian novel, the one that started it all and inspired the likes of 1984, Brave New World, and even The Hunger Games series. Like a …
…Why do people have memories? It would be easier to die – anything to stop remembering. How could he have taken that moment of drunken folly for the deepest truth of his life? Why had he finally given in after
Despite my love of classic novels, I have barely read any English novels from the Victorian era so I have decided to remedy this by reading one or two Victorian novels a year (hopefully this post will be the first …
This is one of the most unexpectedly enjoyable books I’ve read in the past 5 years or so. It’s just so entertaining and wonderful in its subtle humor and satire. It’s not in your face but will make you laugh …
As I reach my 27th year, I am reminded that I am 2 years too late to write my first masterpiece. After all, Thomas Mann wrote his first novel Buddenbrooks when he was just 25.
First off, reading this book …
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Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan
I don’t typically read new releases, but the past few years seem to have been very good years in terms of the quality of books released so I will hopefully be going through a lot of them in the next …
This is the first in what I hope to be a series of posts regarding my thoughts on works categorized in the modernism and post-modernism genres.
My fascination with The Bloomsbury Group goes way back over a decade when I …
Le Rouge et le Noir by Stendhal (real name Marie-Henri Beyle) is a fascinating criticism of society during Restoration-era France presented through the lens of an ambitious anti-hero.
Also, because I actually managed to write down a short summary while …