Author Lev Raphael, Jewish himself, had always loved Wharton’s The House of Mirth, but the treatment of Rosedale didn’t sit with him right (which he explains in the introduction). And so he decided to write a redemption story for Rosedale, aptly called Rosedale in Love, as it follows Rosedale’s infatuation with Lily Bart.
Read MoreCoincidentally, I read Paris France by Gertrude Stein for the first time before the coronavirus crisis reared its ugly head throughout Europe. This book review also serves as a way for me to reflect on living in modern-day Paris, France throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read MoreAnnie Ernaux’s work blends together her own personal experiences as well as collective historical experiences to create heartbreakingly beautiful memoirs that take the reader by the hand and gently lead them through the passing of time.
Read MoreKindred was written by Octavia E. Butler and published in 1979. It was easily one of my favorite books from 2019 and I’m constantly recommending it to friends. This is science fiction meets feminism meets racial discrimination and life for Black women on a plantation in the South in the 19th century.
Read MoreIn 1963, Rusty Berstein, Nelson Mandela, and fifteen other heads of the African National Congress (ANC) were arrested and charged with over 220 acts of sabotage with the goal of a “violent revolution.” The World That Was Ours details Hilda’s experiences, as well as her husbands and the other leaders of the ANC, leading up to the “Rivonia Trial,” which would determine the fate of the activists.
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