SUMMERTIME by J. M. Coetzee
Book Quote: “Best to cut yourself free of what you love – cut yourself free and hope the wound heals.” Book Review: Review by Bonnie Brody (JAN 31, 2010) Summertime is the brilliant new book by J. M....
View ArticleTHE CHANGELING by Kenzaburo Oe
Book Quote: “Now forget the dead, forget even the living. Turn your mind only to the unborn.” Book Review: Review by Roger Brunyate (AUG 16, 2010) Fractal designs, such as used to be popular twenty...
View ArticleCHALCOT CRESCENT by Fay Weldon
Book Quote: “I will be sorry to leave this life, as soon I must. It is so full of wonder, as well as horror. A surprise around every corner and the pace is hotting up.” Book Review: Review by Guy...
View ArticleTHE BOX: TALES FROM THE DARKROOM by Gunter Grass
Book Quote: “But that is not enough, or too much, for all of you. Yes, children, I know: being a father is only an assertion, one that constantly has to be corroborated. This is why, to make you...
View ArticleCARIBOU ISLAND by David Vann
Book Quote: “In the beginning, Irene thought. There is no such thing as a beginning.” Book Review: Review by Betsey Van Horn (JAN 18, 2010) This is a richly absorbing and dark, domestic drama that...
View ArticleDOC by MARY DORIA RUSSELL
Book Quote: “Things happened. He reacted. Sometimes he took a rebellious pride in the cold-blooded courage of certain unconsidered deeds; just as often, he repented of his rashness afterward. There is,...
View ArticleTHE TRAGEDY OF ARTHUR by Arthur Phillips
Book Quote: “If you think it’s him, it sounds like him,” Arthur says to his sister; “if you think it’s not, it doesn’t.” Book Review: Review by Jill I. Shtulman (JUN 24, 2011) The very first thing I...
View ArticleTHE EVOLUTION OF BRUNO LITTLEMORE by Benjamin Hale
Book Quote: “ZIRA: What will he find out there, doctor? DR. ZAIUS: His destiny.” Book Review: Review by Doug Bruns (JUN 26, 2011) Consider the big questions. For instance, what does language afford...
View ArticleEVERYTHING WAS GOODBYE by Gurjinder Basran
Book Quote: “The sun struck his body at an angle that reduced him to a thin black shadow lined in molton gold and yet when he looked back at me I could make out his smile. It was electric. He motioned...
View ArticleDISASTER WAS MY GOD by Bruce Duffy
Book Quote: “Newcomers are free to condemn their ancestors. We are at home and we have the time.” ~ Arthur Rimbaud Book Review: Review by Doug Bruns (OCT 13, 2011) I was in my late thirties when the...
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