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Clytemnestra: A Novel
by Costanza Casati
Clytemenestra is a given a narrative finally! (12/17/2022)
Clytemenestra, wife of Agamemnon, who in the Greek tragic plays The Oresteia by Aeschylus is demonized as a power-hungry disgraceful murderess, here is given a voice and personhood by author Constanza Casati. She breathes humanity into the title character as a multi-facetedmore
Beasts of a Little Land: A Novel
by Juhea Kim
Multifaceted characters capture humanity's good, bad, and gray features in early 20th-century Japanese-occupied Korea (9/12/2021)
Juhea Kim's "Beasts of a Little Land" reminds me in some ways of Boris Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago" but with much more vivid and captivating characters. Not being familiar with Korean history, it was an eye-opener learning about the Japanese occupation. Kim captures themore
Ariadne
by Jennifer Saint
Multi-layered novel that speaks to the timeless experiences of girls, women, and mothers (3/30/2021)
I really enjoyed Ariadne and the author's character development. I also appreciated how she used Ariadne as a vehicle to understand the experience of girls, women, and mothers, whether mythical or human. Growing up reading Greek myths, I didn't "see" the peripheralizationmore
Piranesi
by Susanna Clarke
A palace for forgotten human ideas... (8/16/2020)
It is a challenge to say anything about the novel Piranesi without giving the plot away. If you enjoy thinking outside of the box, wondering at the possibilities the world, this treatise on "what could be" is for you. While the numeric identification of the halls in themore
The Voyage of the Morning Light: A Novel
by Marina Endicott
Excellent morality tale set aboard a trade ship (6/19/2020)
I am so glad I stuck with this book, after the first chapter or so. This is a tale of a pre-teen Canadian girl named Kay growing up in the changing world of the early 20th century, grappling with where she belongs. While aboard a trade ship voyage across the world with hermore
The Paris Hours: A Novel
by Alex George
Vignettes of the human spirit - life, love, and loss (3/17/2020)
I really enjoyed the Paris Hours. The author did an exquisite job developing the individual narratives of the characters while also interweaving them together. I also liked that the celebrity guest spots of famous Parisians or wanna-be Parisians of the likes of Mauricemore
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