Reading Berlin is like getting punched in the face. She forces you to look at the ugliest parts of humanity while writing in such a direct and entrancing way you can’t escape it. From the first few stories, you’ll realize you’re in for a ride. And even though they’re not obviously connected, many themes repeat along the 470-pages, including alcoholism, racism, abuse, trauma, and pain.
Read MorePublished in 1936, Live Alone and Like It is a guide for women who live alone, whether that is because they want to, or because they are widows, spinsters, or pretty young things. According to Hillis, it doesn’t matter why they want to live alone, what matters is they can live alone… and like it!
Read MoreThe protagonist of Convenience Store Woman, Keiko Furukura is a 36-year-old, you guessed it, convenience store worker. Every day looks the same, she wakes up and takes basic care of herself because that’s what’s good for her job, the same she’s had since she was 18 years old. Keiko forces us to ask ourselves, what is ambition? And why do we chase it?
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