Young Love, Complicated Love: Nothing Like Love

2023-10-12T11:07:55-04:00

Reading about Sabrina Ramnanan's love of Anne of Green Gables made me really want to read the debut novelist's Nothing Like Love. And it's a good thing that I understood this about her reading past, because it prepared me perfectly for her prose style. Random House CanadaDoubleday Canada, 2015

Young Love, Complicated Love: Nothing Like Love2023-10-12T11:07:55-04:00

Katja Rudolph’s Little Bastards in Springtime (2014)

2017-07-24T15:12:31-04:00

In 1992, Jevrem lived through the siege of Sarajevo and Katja Rudolph’s novel considers the impact of such trauma, which extends far beyond national borders. He develops fervent opinions and beliefs based on his early experiences and the events witnessed in his family, ensuing losses and severences. HarperCollins, 2014

Katja Rudolph’s Little Bastards in Springtime (2014)2017-07-24T15:12:31-04:00

Shifting Powers: Three Novels

2020-10-19T11:15:32-04:00

Gordon Henderson’s Man in the Shadows (2014) HarperCollins, 2014 “As he helped her into the carriage, Agnes Macdonald whispered demurely, “I can lean on no other arm like yours.” Macdonald sat back contentedly and called out to the driver, “Buckley, take us to the office.” It would have

Shifting Powers: Three Novels2020-10-19T11:15:32-04:00

Dissenting Voices: Three Novels

2018-01-26T14:00:29-05:00

Knopf, 2013 Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland (2013) “Naxalbari is an inspiration. It’s an impetus for change.” One brother in Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel is a member of the Naxalbari movement, Udayan. His involvement with the far-left radical Communist group in Calcutta vitally impacts the entire family, even Subhash, who

Dissenting Voices: Three Novels2018-01-26T14:00:29-05:00

Broken: Careers, Contracts, Society

2014-09-29T08:11:50-04:00

Each of these novels considers a shattered state of being, whether the devastation plays out through the cycle of addiction or societal breakdown or international conflicts. The characters employ a variety of coping mechanisms and the authors' styles are diverse; Elizabeth Renzetti's Based on a True Story, Edan Lepucki's California and Audrey

Broken: Careers, Contracts, Society2014-09-29T08:11:50-04:00
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