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…
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 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…
February 15, 2024 The Sea, the sea – Iris Murdoch 1978 Booker Prize winner, The Sea, The Sea is my first introduction to the Irish author, Iris Murdoch. To tell the truth, I chose…
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…