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Moses Herzog is a former professor of romanticism, and he is in the midst of […]
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With so many people recording their thoughts and actions on social media, Jennifer Egan takes […]
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The word darkness is found about 45 times in this novel, which is the primary […]
French Braid by Anne Tyler
I love Anne Tyler’s characters and stories about human relationships. Though her books have gotten […]
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Sally Rooney brings “torn between two lovers” to a new level. The first person narrator, […]
Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart
Eight people are quarantined together in a bungalow colony outside of NYC in the Hudson […]
No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
The narrator is consumed by the internet and speaking in disconnected tweet-like pronouncements. Her life […]
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
In this story, set in 1922, Mrs. Lottie Wilkins and Mrs. Rose Arbuthnot become disenchanted […]