Literature is my subject of study and my medium of choice. I always carry a book with me and as a personal goal I aspire to read a book a week. In 2018 I read approximately 48 novels, and from… Weiterlesen ›
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Evil in Literature: Hubert Selby Jr. and Ottessa Moshfegh
The existence of evil and the necessity of it or reasoning behind it have been a topic of discussion since the beginning of discussions. Regarding evil in literature, however, the why isn’t as interesting as to observe how things happen. I’ve read… Weiterlesen ›
The Janus-faced Macabre of Japanese Literature
I’ve recently read novels by two Japanese authors: The Face of Another by Kōbō Abe and A Personal Matter by Kenzaburō Ōe. Both are very interesting and discussion-worthy, and also quite similar in how they describe the human condition. At the same time, both are… Weiterlesen ›