What can we say about 2020 that hasn’t been already said
(and continues to be said, as we fight our way through the dregs of it)? Well,
how about…I read more books this year! There’s one
positive outcome. Through this endless...
The holiday season is a perfect time
to spend time with those we love and reflect on the year. It’s also an
excellent time to cozy up with a blanket and lose yourself in your favorite
book. But before you dive into that...
Rounding out my Summer of France is Delphine de Vigan’s
“metafictional thriller,” Based on a True Story. This French bestseller
is the story of “a friendship gone terrifyingly toxic.” There was a film
adaptation in 2017,...
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been busy with other
reading obligations and so, I give you some French film suggestions, in keeping
with my summer theme.
The Intouchables (2012) – if you saw the 2017 American
film,...
From the opening pages of this slim novel, the voice of its
young narrator takes center stage. It’s an assured voice, with poetic strains—observant,
pensive, strangely aloof. When the book was published in 1954, the...
"As soon as we express something, we devalue it strangely. We believe ourselves to have dived down into the depths of the abyss, and when we once again reach the surface, the drops of water on our pale fingertips no longer resemble the ocean from which they came...Nevertheless, the treasure shimmers in the darkness unchanged." ---Franz Kafka
