December 28, 2024 Jacob’s Room – Virginia Woolf In all my reviews of Virginia Woolf novels, there is one thing I repeat. It is that she doesn’t write stories to conform to…
December 28, 2024 Absalom, Absalom – William Faulkner Absalom, Absalom is my first novel by William Faulkner. It is also one of the most complex books I have read. However, knowing the…
December 7, 2024 Barnaby Rudge – Charles Dickens Barnaby Rudge is the first historical novel Dickens wrote. The other is A Tale of Two Cities. Dickens wrote only two historical novels and…
December 5, 2024 Whereabouts – Jhumpa Lahiri The beginning of my reader-author relationship with Jhumpa Lahiri was not pleasant. I read The Namesake for an assignment for my MA, and while…
December 5, 2024 The World of Yesterday – Stefan Zweig This memoir of Stefan Zweig is one man’s yearning for a lost yesterday. Zweig lived through two world wars, witnessed how the society gradually…
December 5, 2024 Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe Things Fall Apart is Achebe’s canvas to paint the picture of how the white dominion in Africa disintegrated their culture and customs, slowly reducing…
December 5, 2024 Giovanni’s Room – James Baldwin Giovanni’s Room is a beautiful tragedy written by James Baldwin. It tells the story of David, a bisexual American living in France, and how…
