Japanese literature

1Q84

“It’s not that the world is full of mysteries. It’s just that we don’t know enough yet.” Book One (April–June) Aomame, a fitness instructor and assassin, exits a […]

French literature

Anomalie

“We are all anomalies in someone else’s story.” Chapter 1: The Flight The novel opens with David, a commercial airline pilot, preparing for a routine flight from Paris […]

English literature

The Subtle Knife

“The knife was the subtle one. It could cut through anything, even the fabric of the world itself.” Chapter 1: The story begins with Will Parry, a twelve-year-old […]

English literature

His Dark Materials (trilogy)

“All the history of human life has been a struggle between wisdom and stupidity.” — Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials Book One: Northern Lights (The Golden Compass) Lyra […]