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Of War and Ice
From the ‘Tube, here’s my latest review—a deep dive into Ice by Anna Kavan: Continue reading
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Inhumanity to Man: Blindness by José Saramago
So… I’ve been dragging my feet on writing this review. I’ve been procrastinating in part because I found a reviewer on Amazon who already summed up my feelings in a beautifully short paragraph. They write (and I anonymize it to respect their editing rights): This was a book that made me physically ill. While that Continue reading
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Mid-Century Dystopia, Part 2: Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eight-Four marks the third famous classic to disappoint me in recent years. Along with The Odyssey and The Divine Comedy, it would have been left unfinished early on, except for its mammoth legacy and the feeling that I ought to read it. It’s possible I lack the maturity or life experience to appreciate these Continue reading
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Mid-Century Dystopia, Part 1: Pan’s Labyrinth
There was no intention on my part to read two dystopian novels at the same time. I was already in motion to read 1984 – an embarrassingly long-overdue attempt – when I heard a novelization of Pan’s Labyrinth was to be released in July. I got in the library line quickly (these things go like Continue reading
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Hi, I’m Marian—I talk about classics, history, and other books on this blog, as well as on YouTube.
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