All our heroes end up dead
Review of ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’ (Sort of Books, 2022) by Shehan Karunatilaka
6 October 2024, 15:03 PM
Fyodor Dostoevsky's "The Christmas Tree and the Wedding": The uglier side of holiday parties
Two years ago, I read Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “The Christmas Tree and the Wedding”(1848), and even though I don’t celebrate Christmas in the traditional sense,
22 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Han Kang's 'The Vegetarian': Surrealism and suffering in South Korea
Han Kang’s atmospheric novel, The Vegetarian (Portobello, 2016), is an evocative look at the psychosis of a woman plagued by her own humanity. In a masterstroke,
24 November 2021, 18:00 PM