I am going to be honest here. I might not hit the word count with each of these reviews. Some books lend themselves to more of a review than others. Annie John – 3/5 Stars Annie John is a short novel by the Antiguan novelist Jamaican Kincaid. Jamaica Kincaid is best known for her thoroughly brilliant and forever anthologized short story “Girl”. “Girl” is so good not only because of the power of the voice and the effectiveness of the images, but because it’s the […]
Funny when you have to remind yourself about things that, not long ago, consumed your every thought.
Brass – 3/5 Stars So on the one hand this book falls a little into the generic kind of circa 1990s second generation immigrant American novel that was big for a good while. I recently read Charming Billy by Alice McDermott, which does this very thing. And then on the other hand, this book is a solidly written novel. Or rather, it is a novel, but it a challenging kind of narrative. For one, the story is good and interesting, but also a little typical […]
Americans have a lot of hangups but
But British readers love to savage books that DEIGN to be nominated for the Booker Prize. I know historically it’s been a relatively conservative prize that gives awards to the elder statesmen (and very few women) or feels like sometimes it rewards trends or underrepresented voices, often ignoring the best books in a given year for books that are a better “fit” for the prize. I mean if you looks through the list of winners and nominees there’s almost always a few you might feel […]