“Light, even artificial light, has a way of exposing things.” Chapter 1: April – The Apartment The unnamed protagonist, a recently separated woman, moves into a sunlit fourth-floor […]
German literature
The Safety Net
“Everything was so fragile, so easily shattered—like the safety net they thought they had built.” Chapter 1: The Setting The novel opens in a small West German town […]
English literature
Smiley’s People
“The secret services are the only real measure of a nation’s political health, the only real expression of its subconscious.” Chapter 1: The Call An elderly Russian émigré, […]