‘Indignation’ is culturally relevant, intellectually challenging and written with wit as any book by Philip Roth. Is Marcus Messner truly a magnificent hero, or yet another insufferably flawed protagonist?
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Literary Escapades. Monthly Reviews, 9/2020
Welcome back to the Monthly Reviews series, where I chronologically list last month’s reads, along with a short reflexion and opinion regarding each book.
Here’s what I read in September:
Elizabeth McNeill: ‘Nine and a Half Weeks: A Memoir of a Love Affair’
McNeill’s memoir can be interpreted as many things: a sensually macabre narration of BDSM play gone wrong, a cautionary tale on domestic abuse, or a voyeuristic portrayal of a woman discovering her darkest desires. Most certainly and above all, it is a rather scary and yet utterly fascinating story.
Literary Escapades. Monthly Reviews, 8/2020
Welcome back to the Monthly Reviews series, where I chronologically list last month’s reads, along with a short reflexion and opinion regarding each book. Here’s what I read in August.
Literary Escapades. Julian Barnes: ‘The Sense of an Ending’
Barnes’ fictional protagonists are usually looking back on their lives. So when Tony goes looking for his past in ‘The Sense of an Ending’, a reader might not be surprised. A mistake.
Literary Escapades. Monthly Reviews, 7/2020
Welcome back to the Monthly Reviews series, where I chronologically list last month’s reads, along with a short reflexion and opinion regarding each book. Here’s what I read in July:
An Introduction to Estonian Literature, 3: Jaan Kross
Today’s introduction is to a paramount Estonian writer, Jaan Kross. He is the most translated and nationally and internationally best-known Estonian writer, even having been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Literary Escapades. Monthly Reviews, 6/2020
Welcome back to the Monthly Reviews series, where I chronologically list last month’s reads, along with a short reflexion and opinion regarding each book.
Here’s what I read in June:
‘Little Fires Everyhwere’: A unique adaptation from book to series
Celeste Ng’s novel Little Fires Everywhere (2017) is an in-depth study on the darker aspects of female and maternal psychology. The novel has been adapted into a miniseries recently, so let’s compare and contrast.
Literary Escapades. Best of 2019
2019 was quite the satisfying reading year. I had the pleasure to experience a good mixture of classics and contemporaries, European and World literature, short and sweet and long and complex reads. Here are my best reads from 2019 in… Read More ›
