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Forsyte Saga, The

Love Affairs, Betrayal, and Divorce Author: John Galsworthy The Forsyte Saga is an introspective journey through three generations of a newly wealthy family as they find their way in the Victorian world, seeking happiness in everything from properties to torrid love affairs. The Forsytes were farmers and are decided members of the new “rich.” As such, they are obsessed by the trappings of wealth and proving themselves worthy through ownership and propriety. As the generations follow, one after another, they learn from those before them while also repeating many of the same errors, seeking to own where they should instead accept the [...]

2024-08-03T12:42:43-07:00August 3rd, 2024|Tags: , , , , |

Blinds, The

The Pain Of Remembering Author: Adam Sternbergh Memories are bullets. Some whiz by and only spook you. Others tear you open and leave you in pieces. ~ Richard Kadrey The entire town of Caesura is filled with criminals – killers, rapists, and worse. The twist? They don’t know it. Welcome to Caesura, or The Blinds as the locals call it. They’re all here for life, for better or worse. They all got here by accepting a desperate deal, allowing the memory of their crimes or, in rare instances, of what they have witnessed, to be wiped free. In exchange, they must [...]

2024-07-28T16:35:38-07:00July 28th, 2024|Tags: , , , , , |

Eileen

Alcoholism, Laxative Purges, and Maybe an Eventual Scandal Author: Ottessa Moshfegh Living alone with her alcoholic, demented father, Eileen is both caretaker and jailer and, in turn, she is also confined. She is imprisoned by her own outsider nature, both the nature that she affects and the one that she has been given by uncaring parents and a dead-hearted town. As a young woman, Eileen is well down the road of alcoholism herself, working by day as a secretary at a corrupt prison for boys. Eileen is defined by her bodily shame – an intense focus on her looks, her secretions [...]

2024-07-27T21:36:26-07:00July 27th, 2024|Tags: , , , , , |
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