February 17, 2025 Time Regained (In Search of Lost Time #7) – Marcel Proust Dear Marcel, I finished Time Regained – the final volume of your In Search of Lost Time. And with it, I’ve come to the…
February 3, 2025 If This is a Man / The Truce “You who live safe in your warm houses, You who find, returning in the evening, hot food and friendly faces: Consider if this is…
January 25, 2025 A Doll’s House – Henrik Ibsen This is a brilliant play by Henrik Ibsen which is also my first introduction to the author. The play mainly revolves around the theme…
January 25, 2025 Ghosts – Henrik Ibsen “I’m inclined to think that we are all ghosts, every one of us. It’s not just what we inherit from our mothers and fathers…
January 25, 2025 Augustus – John Williams Augustus by John Williams is one of the best books I have read. I have grown more stingy with my rating lately, but I…
January 10, 2025 The Captive / The Fugitive (In Search of Lost Time #5 & #6) – Marcel Proust This book comprises Volumes 5 (The Captive) and 6 (The Fugitive) of In Search of Lost Time. In these two volumes, we go through…
January 10, 2025 The Fire Next Time – James Baldwin The Fire Next Time contains two powerful, profound, and intelligent essays written on racism. The first essay named “My Dungeons Shook” is a letter…
January 10, 2025 Sodom and Gomorrah (In Search of Lost Time #4) – Marcel Proust This volume of In Search of Lost Time was a bit disappointing. Up to this fourth volume, I enjoyed Proust’s narrative, the beautiful and…
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…