Tag Archives: Literary
Rain
by Kirsty Gunn“[An] exquisitely written first novel. . . . [Gunn’s] language is pitch-perfect; on almost every page, she expresses familiar feelings in ways that are…
Random Acts of Senseless Violence
by Jack Womack“Fascinating and well written . . . wonderfully inventive. . . . Mr. Womack’s New York has a constant punk-rocker violence, which unwinds with…
The Rap Factor
by Delacorta‘delacorta’s America is a highly decorated canvas of big cars, boardwalks, desert highways, and dingy motel rooms, where hamburgers are always consumed with mayonnaise.”…
The Quarry
by Damon Galgut“The Quarry has the same dry, feral quality as Damon Galgut’s best-known novel, The Good Doctor. Galgut’s landscape reminds a reader of Breyten Breytenbach’s…
Querelle
by Jean Genet“Querelle is a sailor, assassin, dealer in opium, homosexual, thief, and traitor. . . . Genet takes seriously the threat latent in sexuality, and…
Quiet Days in Clichy
by Henry MillerHenry Miller’s celebration of love, art, and the Bohemian life at a time when the world was simpler and slower.
A Quiet Life
by Kenzaburo Oe“[These] ordinary lives . . . are movingly illuminated . . . portraits drawn with affection, insight and that wry humor . . ….
Prosperous Friends
by Christine Schutt“Give me the tough, adamantine beauty of Christine Schutt’s writing any day. Her new novel . . . is Portrait of a Lady one…
The Public Burning
by Robert Coover“I would guess that since World War II only Lolita, The Invisible Man, and Catch-22 are in [The Public Burning‘s] class for durability. But…
