This was definitely one of my favourite books till now. This was a hardcore fiction novel, but I really loved it. FINALLY, I DON’T HATE THE MALE CHARACTERS. And I never thought I would want to be a semi-dead, day dreaming reptile. From beginning to end, I was blown away by how well this book […]
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with death, identity, José Eduardo Agualusa, lizard, Magic, Mystery, thriller
Hey everyone, I hope you are doing well. This week, I read “Money to Burn” by Ricardo Pigila. I had high hopes for this novel, given the themes of mystery, deception, the creative process, and, most interestingly, criminal activity. Still, I like…
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with creative process, crime, Deception, Mystery
Hey everyone, I hope you are doing well. This week, I read “Money to Burn” by Ricardo Pigila. I had high hopes for this novel, given the themes of mystery, deception, the creative process, and, most interestingly, criminal activity. Still, I like…
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with creative process, crime, Deception, Mystery
To be honest, chose this one because of the title. I mean come on, “The Trenchcoat”… what a cool and ominous title. And to follow up on that, the trenchcoat itself emerges is a sort of central figure in the narrative. Although a coat is a pretty mundane object (or not depending on how cool […]
Posted in Blogs, Manea | Tagged with a trip, I dont even know what's going on, John Wick, mushrooms, Mystery
Hello everyone, welcome back to the blog. This week’s book is the The Trenchcoat by Norman Manea. The story takes place in communist Romania close to the government’s collapse in a 1989. It revolves around two couples going to a dinner party hosted by old acquaintances, and the aftermath of this visit. While nothing really […]
Posted in Blogs, Manea | Tagged with Cold War, Mystery, Romania, week 9
Nadja was written by André Breton, who is a theorist of surrealism. The concept of surrealism is greatly expressed in the novel “Nadja.” Personally, surrealism is very abstract to me, and its ideas seem to transcend conventional reasoning and rationality, not depending on any conventional aesthetic constraints. The novel begins with […]
Posted in Blogs, Introduction | Tagged with André Breton, Mystery, Paris, philosophical, Surrealism
I found this novella quite unusual and compelling as it tries to narrate through an unusual character the story of a country and the state of Latin America’s literary talent and tradition in an unconventional and dreamlike voice. Auxilio Lacouture, whose first name comes from the Latin “auxilium” and as mentioned in Dr. Jon’s video, […]
Posted in Blogs, Bolaño | Tagged with enigma, literature, memory, Mystery
The first thing one discovers when reading this work is that it is not a traditional novel. It reads more like a travelogue or a meditation on the peculiar magic and mystery of place. The Passage de l’Opera seems to serve as a repository of memories, desires, fashions, etc. His meticulously detailed descriptions of cafes, […]
