SPOILERS!! Ogawa’s novel echoes Orwell’s “1984” in this chilling novel about the power of the government and the mind. Translated from Japanese, follow the interwoven stories told by and written by the narrator through her life living on the island.
Cover Trends: Floral Imagery
The next installation in examining popular trends in book cover design! It’s all about flower power—floral motifs, elegant greenery, and bright flowers.
First Impressions: Catherine Chung’s “The Tenth Muse”
SPOILERS! Elegant, cutting, and brilliant, Cathering Chung brings a new perspective to a largely male-dominated field and history: mathematics. Told through the eyes and experiences of Katherine, a mathematics prodigy, we see her struggles and her triumphs in her attempt to solve one of the most difficult math hypotheses ever written.
First Impressions: Jarrett Kobek’s “Only Americans Burn in Hell”
First impressions? This book is crazy, Off-the-walls insane. Amazing, confrontational, horrifying, truthful, angry, ugly—all at the same time. And it's fantastic.
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