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Book Review: ‘Human Acts’ by Han Kang
Han Kang again explores violence and human suffering, this time through the eyes of six characters at different points in their lives.
Read More »Book Review: A Short History of the Short Story: Western and Asian Traditions by Gulnaz Fatma, MA, MBA
A Short History of the Short Story is informative, fascinating, and a true addition to the understanding of world literature.
Read More »Book Review: The Fall of the Stone City by Ismail Kadare
Albanian author Ismail Kadare's latest novel translated into English adds to a body of work that may earn him a Nobel Prize.
Read More »Book Review: The Devil in the Flesh by Raymond Radiguet
Narcissistic teenager engages in affair with wife of a French soldier during the First World War.
Read More »Book Review: My Friend Jesus Christ by Lars Husum
Modern day up-and-coming psychopath's road of redemption begins after striking Jesus in the head with an ashtray.
Read More »Book Review: Cain by José Saramago
José Saramago's last novel, now translated into English, is an indictment of God based on using Old Testament.
Read More »Book Review: After Midnight by Irmgard Keun
Slim novel effectively portrays life in pre-war Nazi Germany through the eyes of a young ingenue.
Read More »Book Review: Pereira Maintains by Antonio Tabucchi
Literary device helps drive allegorical tale amidst Portugal's society and authoritarian government in 1938.
Read More »Book Review: The Secret of Wilhelm Storitz: The First English Translation of Verne’s Original Manuscript by Jules Verne
First English translation of original Jules Verne manuscript appears a century after being written.
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