Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante
truly one of the greatest recent works of fiction
truly one of the greatest recent works of fiction
a solid contemporary novel
a stream of blogsciousness
powerful novel that should be better known
excellent mid-life crisis novel
a solid, if unambitious, novel from a major contemporary voice
a stupid person’s idea of a clever novel; fun but flimsy
acclaimed canadian steampunky slavery novel
it’s the most wonderful book of the year
some creepy southern Gothic…
mainstream literary fiction that I very nearly love
my thoughts on literature and class
high grade historical fiction and the blogger hits some snags
ideologically, i’d love to tear this apart, but i cannot…
there ain’t no fool like a holy fool
accidentally read a book by a nazi