Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Jun, 03/2023 also in: 21st century | US Literature
By Caitlin Doughty
No, not the song performed so many times (although you may find a connection there). Read More…
No, not the song performed so many times (although you may find a connection there). Read More…
Leave Society
Jan, 19/2023 also in: Taiwanese Literature | 20th century
By Tao Lin
This is a light, amusing read by a first-generation American author born to Taiwanese parents. Read More…
This is a light, amusing read by a first-generation American author born to Taiwanese parents. Read More…
The Tender Bar: A Memoir
J.R. Moehringer is a journalist, most famous for his reporting for the LA Times and about the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. In this memoir, he narrates his childhood, adolescence, and early stages of adulthood. Read More…
Jack Lamb’s Series
The series pays a tribute to John Le Carré and his espionage novels, while being ironic and a bit irreverent of secret services and the ideology that there is a higher good, and those working to reach it are justified in breaking the rules.
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L’amica Geniale (My Brilliant Friend)
Sep, 25/2022 also in: 21st century | Italian Literature
After years, after many “What! You are Italian!”, I caved. I caved and read Elena Ferrante’s L’amica geniale, Read More…
The Unbearable Dreamworld of Champa the Driver
It is hard to judge a book one does not understand. Or, rather: the judging comes out naturally, but one remains with a feeling of discomfort. Read More…
Hawthorn & Child
Feb, 05/2022 also in: Irish Literature | 21st century
I come late to this book - admittedly, I am not strong on the Irish literary scene. Read More…
The General of the Dead Army
Nov, 30/2021 also in: European History | 20th century
I learned about this book by listening to a lecture delivered by a famous Italian scholar, Alessandro Barbero. The title of the book is as captivating as its narrative, written by a young Ismail Kadare. Read More…
Time of the Magicians
Nov, 07/2021 also in: European History | 20th century
By a happy coincidence, I stumbled across this book among the many stored in my kindle shortly after I finished reading 1913: The Year Before the Storm. Read More…
Notes of a Corcodile
Feb, 18/2021 also in: Taiwanese Literature | 20th century
I decided to read this book having recently moved to Taiwan, and as usual, I wanted to learn more about the country I was going to be part of for a while. Read More…