“I was born with a spirit that sought to hide itself.” Chapter 1: Childhood and Early Awareness The protagonist, Kochan, recounts his early childhood in wartime Japan. From […]
German literature
Homecoming
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” Chapter 1: Peter Debauer’s Childhood Peter Debauer grows up in post-war Germany, raised by his mother and grandparents. His […]
Russian literature
The Double
“He was completely crushed, and at the same time he felt that he was right, that he had been insulted, that he had been treated unjustly, and that […]
American literature
The Bell Jar
“I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. From the tip of every branch, like a fat purple fig, a […]
American literature
Allegiant
“I suppose a fire that burns that bright is not meant to last.” Allegiant, the third book in Veronica Roth’s Divergent trilogy, follows Tris Prior and Tobias Eaton […]
American literature
Insurgent
“I belong to the people I love, and they belong to me—they, and the love and loyalty I give them, form my identity far more than any word […]
American literature
Everything I Never Told You
“Lydia is dead. But they don’t know this yet.” Chapter 1 The Lee family awakens to the realization that Lydia, their middle child, is missing. Marilyn and James […]