Under Country by Jonathan Trigell
contemporary fiction on the last quarter of the 20th century
Tag: poverty
Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri
a bleak, beautiful, japanese novel[la]
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
mainstream literary fiction that is actually worth reading
The Best of A Bad Situation by Jamie Thrasivoulou
Angry poetry from the badlands of the East Midlands.
The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell
In England, Orwell’s two most famous novels are something everyone even remotely literary has thrust upon them when young. AnimalContinue Reading
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
Well, it is good. It’s good. It’s possibly great, but it’s definitely good. Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend is basicallyContinue Reading
Journalism by Joe Sacco
Joe Sacco’s Journalism collects several short pieces (ranging from two to fifty pages in length) drawn and written in the decadeContinue Reading
Triumph Of The Now 