“The gardener knows that nothing lasts. The gardener knows better than anyone that everything passes.” Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck is a haunting, fragmented novel that traces the lives […]
American literature
The Hunger Games
“Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.” Part 1: The Tributes The story begins in District 12, a poor mining region in the […]
American literature
Breaking Dawn
“Before you, Bella, my life was like a moonless night. Very dark, but there were stars—points of light and reason. And then you shot across my sky like […]
American literature
Paper Towns
“It is easy to forget how full the world is of people, full to bursting, and each of them imaginable and consistently misimagined.” Part One: The Strings The […]
English literature
The Slap
“A man doesn’t have to be a saint to know right from wrong.” Chapter 1: The Barbecue At a suburban barbecue in Melbourne, a heated argument erupts when […]