What does grief look like? What does it feel like? How do people grieve for someone that’s now permanently absent and cope with the underlying loss they represent? What’s so fascinating to me about The Year of Magical Thinking is that we can actually find the answers to these questions in the very writing style itself. Didion’s […]
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Why do people fail to communicate? Well, Sally Rooney’s Normal People has some interesting answers to this question, which I’ll be exploring today in this book analysis. This was so much fun to do, because I’ve been wondering why I like this book so much. And I think I’ve finally cracked the code. But I
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Is having one single correct interpretation of a text possible? Can there be multiple truths to a single truth? Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose has some nuanced answers to these questions. The dialogue I’m about to show you between Adso, a young monk, and William, his mentor, I think captures the essence of
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How does colonialism persist in the 21st century? What is Eurocentrism and how does it manifest? Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart may have been set in the past, but it offers up complex answers to these queries, which I’ll be exploring today in this book analysis! Warning: major spoilers ahead! If you want a spoiler-free review of
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