Trigger warning for rape and physical abuse. Praise Song of the Butterflies, by Bernice L. […]
The Haunted Bookshop, by Christopher Morley
Last year, I read the enchantingly bookish novel Parnassus on Wheels, by Christopher Morley, a book […]
Atonement, by Ian McEwan
Novels that feature writers as protagonists almost always remind me of the fact that, when […]
The Tale of the Missing Man, by Manzoor Ahtesham
Character can mean either a person imagined up by an author, but also the strengths […]
Death and the Maiden, by Ariel Dorfman
It fascinates me (in a dark sort of way, I’ll admit) when people who have […]
Too Loud a Solitude, by Bohumil Hrabal
One of the things librarians kvetch about (and we kvetch about a lot of things) […]
The Question of Red, by Laksmi Pamuntjak
I don’t know why parents name their children after tragic figures from history, literature, or […]
Sentimental Tales, by Mikhail Zoshchenko
I am a staunch advocate of New Historicism. This school of thought argues that, in […]
Fruit of the Drunken Tree, by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
There is a strong theme of individuality and individual responsibility in Western literature. We are […]
Women of the Dunes, by Sarah Maine
Libby Snow has always wanted to visit Ullaness, a rugged island on the west coast […]