Posts tagged “books”
a postmodernist look at entertaining in new york brings a fresh and playful perspective.
Ruth Ozeki's A Tale for the Time Being brings the postmodernist concern with World War II into a contemporary focus, though not necessarily the right one.
Haruki Murakami's 1Q84 fails to capture the epic magnificence he may have hoped for.
Virginia Woolf's To The Lighthouse manages to capture the speed at which time passes and the anxieties of the interwar period.
Haruki Murakami's Sputnik Sweetheart leaves the reader with a puzzle and messy ending that reflects the mysteries of life.
Banana Yoshimoto's Kitchen addresses lofty and heavy themes of literature while retaining the light and fresh feeling associated with pop fiction.
Keegan's posthumous collection The Opposite of Loneliness provides an important platform for a sadly underdeveloped voice.