Espresso Shots: Lungfish, by Louis Armand
Lungfish is a weird and wonderful novel, like its fishy namesake, a bizarre hybrid thing, swimming in water and breathing air. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Lungfish, by Louis Armand
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Espresso Shots: The Laboratory Assistant, by Natalia Loya
The Lab Assistant by Natalia Loya is a riveting page-turner. Continue reading Espresso Shots: The Laboratory Assistant, by Natalia Loya
Espresso Shots: Wanting, by Claire Jia
Wanting by Claire Jia is an epic tale of friendship, betrayal, adultery, media, and resentment. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Wanting, by Claire Jia
Translation Tuesdays: The Nights are Quiet in Tehran by Shida Bazyar
The Nights are Quiet in Tehran, by Shida Bazyar, begins with the love story of Behsad and Nahid. Over the course of thirty years, the novel follows the lives of the couple and their children. Continue reading Translation Tuesdays: The Nights are Quiet in Tehran by Shida Bazyar
Espresso Shots: Foreign Fruit: A Personal History of the Orange, by Katie Goh
Koh has written an engaging personal history of a mundane supermarket staple. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Foreign Fruit: A Personal History of the Orange, by Katie Goh
Espresso Shots: Perestroika: An Eye For an Eye, A Tooth For a Tooth, by João Cerqueira
Perestroika is a powerful fable about the liberating nature of art and the desire for representative democracy. It is dulled by endless monologuing by cardboard characters. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Perestroika: An Eye For an Eye, A Tooth For a Tooth, by João Cerqueira
Commonplace Book: George Orwell on Patriotism and Nationalism
“Nationalism is power-hunger tempered by self-deception.” Continue reading Commonplace Book: George Orwell on Patriotism and Nationalism
History Fridays: Russia at War, 1941 – 1945: A History, by Alexander Werth
Russia at War by Alexander Werth is a heart-rending epic about the Great Patriotic War, a chronicle of a tragic cataclysm. Continue reading History Fridays: Russia at War, 1941 – 1945: A History, by Alexander Werth
How to Detonate the Novel: A Rough Guide to the Later Fiction of Louis Armand
Form follows destruction. Continue reading How to Detonate the Novel: A Rough Guide to the Later Fiction of Louis Armand
Biography Mondays: Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion, by Gareth Stedman Jones
Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion is an indispensable volume, an epic about a man and his times. Continue reading Biography Mondays: Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion, by Gareth Stedman Jones
