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16% complete! Enia has read 2 of 12 books.
One of the most revered novelists of our time—a brilliant chronicler of Native-American life—Louise Erdrich …
It only seemed appropriate to read a book by an indigenous author with Indigenous People’s Day coming up. The Round House had been on my shelf for a while. Highly recommend this: a gripping story, with an unusual narrator. I literally carried it with me running errands in case I had a couple minutes to read it in the checkout line.
I'm so glad I found Hannah Pittard as an author. Yes, it was for all the wrong reasons (the viral gossip around her divorce and her ex-husband's affair with her best friend). But she is such a unique and fascinating writer. I'm looking forward to reading even more of her work.
"Natalia Ginzburg, one of Italy's great writers, introduced A Family Lexicon, her most celebrated work, with an unusual disclaimer: "The …
"Natalia Ginzburg, one of Italy's great writers, introduced A Family Lexicon, her most celebrated work, with an unusual disclaimer: "The …
Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have …
I can’t read this right now. She’s trying to be James Joyce and she’s not James Joyce.
Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have …
my hold finally came in!
two Korean books in translation? why not. anything not to read Solito right now.
I absolutely inhaled this book in 48 hours.
The plot deals with an apartment building community populated by 4 families, who have all chosen to live together in an effort to create a “village” to support them in raising their children in modern day Korea defined by high costs of living, demanding jobs, long commutes to see relatives.
With this book, the author deftly navigates the question of why have so many grown alienated from their families and neighbors.
In my own personal circle of housing advocates there’s often talk of how communal housing would address SF’s housing affordability crisis. And every time it comes up, I think “I would rather let someone scrape my eyeballs out with a rusty spoon than live in communal housing.” I have never liked having roommates, I barely like living with romantic partners. Noooo thank you.
The modern outcome of many people choosing to …
I absolutely inhaled this book in 48 hours.
The plot deals with an apartment building community populated by 4 families, who have all chosen to live together in an effort to create a “village” to support them in raising their children in modern day Korea defined by high costs of living, demanding jobs, long commutes to see relatives.
With this book, the author deftly navigates the question of why have so many grown alienated from their families and neighbors.
In my own personal circle of housing advocates there’s often talk of how communal housing would address SF’s housing affordability crisis. And every time it comes up, I think “I would rather let someone scrape my eyeballs out with a rusty spoon than live in communal housing.” I have never liked having roommates, I barely like living with romantic partners. Noooo thank you.
The modern outcome of many people choosing to live separately and aggressively insisting on privacy comes at least partially from so many feeling the same way. Yes we can romanticize how our ancestors had the literal village but having that village came with costs. Nosy neighbors, lack of physical and mental privacy, being forced into maintaining relationships with people you don’t like.
so seeing this book expose this truth so deftly was really satisfying. It’s a great read.
Content warning mild spoilers about theme, not plot; curse words
Until now, I have stayed away from Miranda July's work because of her public persona. I didn't think her art would be for me, produced by this twee, quirky LA artiste.
But boy has All Fours proved me wrong. Maybe it's because I am a woman in a similar stage of life as Miranda's protagonist, who lived through or is about to live through some of the things she describes.
Without providing too many spoilers, this is a book about Gen X and Millenial women who are starting to deal with the implications of perimenopause on their bodies, and in turn, their identities as sexual beings.
To put it bluntly, we don't look old (thanks to sunscreens and a regular pilates practice) younger people still find us fuckable, but our hormones are waiting to betray our libido at every turn.
I was apprehensive about picking up Colm Tóibín’s Long Island, the sequel to his wildly successful Brooklyn. I had read it, before it became a movie starring Saiorse Ronan, and found it ultimately unsatisfying. Tóibín’s work stands apart from most modern literary fiction. He’s quite restrained in showing instead of telling, which means his work often lacks his characters’ inner voice. And without it, it’s hard to figure out their motivations.
But Long Island achieves something striking. In revisiting Brooklyn’s characters 20 years later, and examining the impact of their choices on their lives, it illuminates the motivation behind their past choices then. For me, Long Island redeems Brooklyn’s emotional opacity.
