A classic story of man versus nature. There are dozens of well-known examples of just such a trial, but this story stands out on its own as one of the simplest yet most evocative books in recent times. After reading it, it’s easy to see why it won the Pulitzer …
I started reading Ernest Hemingway intent on comparing his two most notable works: The Sun Also Rises and The Old Man and the Sea. Too quickly, however, did I discover that they may as well have been written by different people. Their themes, tones, and characters are from different worlds …
The truant New Yorker Theo Decker is only 13 years old when a violent museum explosion kills his mother. Theo survives, but leaves the museum with more than he bargained for, including a dying man’s ring and last wish. Desperate for human connection, Theo returns the dead man’s ring to …
Having already read the controversial and infamous Lolita, I was only too eager to crack open another Nabokov classic: Invitation to a Beheading. For those not familiar, Invitation is the haunting story of a death row inmate waiting for his execution. Despite geographic distances from contemporary authors like Franz Kafka …
