4451moanaNov 29, 20211 min readThe Unicorn (book review) Iris Murdochi have not read much gothic(45), so i do not know how it uses gothic structures beyond the obvious: castle, sublime isolation, dangerous...
4451moanaNov 22, 20211 min readThe Lover (book review) Marguerite Duras 211121: another reason to improve my french reading. read at least three times. this slim novella is exactly what i want in romance:...
4451moanaNov 16, 20211 min readA Girl Is a Body of Water (book review) Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi210606: this is family epic set through modern history of uganda, seen from feminist point of view. that is, confronting patriarchal...
4451moanaNov 9, 20212 min readThe Hawaiian Archipelago (book review) Isabella Lucy BirdSix Months Among The Palm Groves, Coral Reefs, And Volcanoes Of The Sandwich Islands 110317: i surprised myself by so enjoying this...
4451moanaNov 9, 20211 min readDaughters of Earth (book review) Justine Larbalestier (Editor) et al.Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century 100817: an excellent critical/anthology work. several stories i have read before (and i...
4451moanaNov 9, 20212 min readFace Value (book review) Autumn Whitefield-MadranoThe Hidden Ways Beauty Shapes Women's Lives 230618: this is an excellent work on the getting, living, giving, of beauty. primarily by...
4451moanaNov 7, 20212 min readThe Passion of Artemisia (book review) Susan Vreeland210624: when i took art history at u i really did not enjoy it, now i see it everywhere, love it everywhere, am endlessly fascinated by...
4451moanaNov 7, 20211 min readBonjour tristesse (book review) Françoise Sagan110707: i read this as existential romance when i read it in translation, quick, charming, bittersweet, but it is now, reading it in...
4451moanaNov 7, 20211 min readKallocain (book review) Karin Boye,Gustaf Lannestock (Translator), Richard B. Vowles (Introduction) 270315: bleak, believable, banal, beautiful- best dystopia of which i...
4451moanaNov 7, 20211 min readActs of Infidelity (book review) Lena Andersson,(Ester Nilsson #2) Saskia Vogel(Translator) 280419: impressive interior monologue of mistress in an affair of several years, with...
4451moanaNov 7, 20212 min readMilkman (book review) Anna Burns221218: i usually have more luck with nobel and booker than other prizes, pulitzer, hugo, nebula, edgar, kirkus, giller, governor...
4451moanaNov 7, 20211 min readAmong Others (book review) Jo Walton 201108 later addition: i should add my feelings about the book, not just the time. for it is beautifully written as diary, mundane...
4451moanaNov 7, 20212 min readMy Dark Vanessa (book review) Kate Elizabeth Russell200715: [book:Lolita|7604] from the girl's perspective is problematic characterisation. vanessa is not so clearly child but child...
4451moanaNov 7, 20211 min readArtemisia (book review) Alexandra LapierreLiz Heron (Translator) 210904: this is much more scholarly take on the story of [book:The Passion of Artemisia|8184087], so maybe not as...
4451moanaNov 7, 20212 min readA Thousand Ships (book review) Natalie Haynes210519: never studied the 'primary' hellenic texts, histories (euripides etc.) or current archaeological, historical work surrounding...
4451moanaNov 7, 20211 min readThe Memory Police (book review) Yōko OgawaStephen Snyder (Translator), Markus Juslin (Translator) 131119: i think i will give this an immediate review, without reflection,...
4451moanaNov 7, 20212 min readPeople in the Room (book review) Norah LangeCharlotte Whittle (Translator), César Aira (Introduction) 201011: not for everyone but definitely for me. haunting, hypnotic, harrowing....
4451moanaNov 7, 20212 min readMerleau-Ponty (book review) Ted Toadvine (Editor)basic [book:Maurice Merleau-Ponty: Basic Writings|203362] 140913: this is Volume 3: part 5, ethics and politics, investigates those areas...
4451moanaNov 6, 20212 min readBlind Date (book review) Anne Dufourmantelle,Sex and Philosophy Catherine Porter(Translation) 120619: this is fascinating. this will reward future rereads, much as sex rewards...
4451moanaNov 5, 20211 min readPhilosophy as Passion (book review) Karen VintgesThe Thinking of Simone De Beauvoir Anne Lavelle (Translator) 190318: i have read several on and by de beauvoir, with the intent of...