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Continue reading →: Musings on James by Percival EverettThere’s a certain dissonance that comes with reading a highly decorated book and walking away unmoved, or worse, unconvinced. James by Percival Everett—winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize and several other major literary awards—was, for me, one of those reads. While I understand the cultural importance and symbolic power of…
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Continue reading →: Musings on Beware of Pity by Stefan ZweigKeywords: Austrian literature, disability, maturity, tragedy Genre: Literary fiction Length: short medium long Country: Austria Synopsis (from Goodreads) “Hofmiller, an Austro-Hungarian cavalry officer stationed at the edge of the empire, is invited to a party at the home of a rich local landowner, a world away from the dreary routine…
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Continue reading →: Musings on China Dream by Ma Jian“But utopias always lead to dystopias, and dictators invariably become gods who demand daily worship.” China Dream | Ma Jian Keywords: Chinese literature, Chinese fiction, dystopia, political commentary Genre: Fiction Length: short medium long Country: China Review . The “China Dream” is a political slogan introduced by Xi Jinping in…
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Continue reading →: Musings on The funeral cryer by Wen Yan LuKeywords: Chinese literature, Chinese fiction, death, marriage Genre: Literary fiction Length: short medium long Country: China Review . “She was Great-Great-Grandma to everyone in the village. I didn’t know how old she was at the time; we just knew she was alive. I felt a moment of surreptitious excitement and…
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Continue reading →: Musings on Kinder than solitude by Yi Yun LiKeywords: Chinese literature, Chinese fiction, loneliness, isolation, death Genre: Fiction Length: short medium long Country: China Review . “When people talk about starting over, it’s only wishful thinking: what came before, what happened yesterday, did not come or happen in vain.” Kinder than solitude | Yi Yun Li Three friends…
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Continue reading →: Musings on Please look after mother by Kyung Sook Shin“Only after Mom went missing did you realize that her stories were piled inside you, in endless stacks. Mom’s everyday life used to go on in a repeating loop, without a break. Her everyday words, which you didn’t think deeply about and sometimes dismissed as useless when she was with…
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Continue reading →: Intro.So, you’ve stumbled onto this blog. Hi. Hello. Nice to meet you. The person behind this corner of the internet is someone who, quite simply, cannot stop reading. She’s never actually tried, mind you — but she’s fairly certain that even if she did, it would end in spectacular failure.…
“Forerun thy peers, thy time, and let Thy feet, millenniums hence, be set In midst of knowledge, dream’d not yet.”
Lord Tennyson
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