April 2022

Women by Charles Bukowski

 Book: Women Author: Charles Bukowski Publication: ‎ Ecco; Reprint edition Pages: 304 Price: Click the link   Author Introduction: Charles Bukowski is one of America’s best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose. He was born in Andernach, Germany in 1920, and brought to the United States at the age of three. He was raised in Los […]

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Autobiography, Book Review

Alice Thompson\’s Gothic Novel The Book Collector

Alice Thompson\’s Gothic Novel The Book Collector: Publication: Salt Publication Pages: 176 Price: Click the link “Once I have owned a book I am longing for the next one. Collecting is a creative act. One of perpetual longing and desire. One is never fully fulfilled. Collectors live in dread of satisfaction. There is that brief,

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Book Review, Macabre Thriller

Tell-tale Heart, a short story by Edgar Allan Poe

Tell-tale Heart is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1843.  It can be considered a classic example of Gothic fiction shaped by Poe’s unique individuality.     Story-line: Following a unanimous  Ist person narrator, we enter into the story. The narrator lives with an old man. He had no enmity with

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Book Review, Short Story Collection

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros Book Review

  The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros Book: The House on Mango Street Author: Sandra Cisneros. Publication: Vintage Pages: 144 Price: click the link           Author Introduction: Sandra Cisneros ( born 1954 ) is a Mexican-American writer. She is best known for her debut novel, The House on Mango Street (1983) which we

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Autobiography, Book Review, Classic Novels, Social Issues