January 20, 2024 Death in Venice – Thomas Mann My literary relationship with Thomas Mann was a strained one. I have read his Buddenbrooks and The Magic Mountain, and while I appreciate his…
January 12, 2024 A Very Easy Death – Simone de Beauvoir Witnessing the death of a loved one is one of the most difficult situations that one can face. The mental agony of such times…
January 12, 2024 Waiting for Godot – Samuel Beckett Samuel Beckett called his playWaiting for Godot “a tragi-comedy in two acts”. It is because, through his play, he wanted to demonstrate the tragic…
January 12, 2024 Desperate Remedies – Thomas Hardy Until I came across, Desperate Remedies, I wasn’t aware that Thomas Hardy wrote sensation novels. I have read only a few Hardy novels, and…
