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The Graphic Novel by Baetens & Frey

The Graphic Novel by Baetens & Frey

The emerging field of comics studies has grown rapidly in recent years. This has seen the publication of a number of introductory and theoretically engaged books aiming to provide comics and graphic novels with their own theoretical language, separate from

Victoria Addis August 11, 2016June 13, 2019 Blog, Book Reviews, Comics and Graphic Novels, Non-Fiction No Comments Read more

By Night in Chile by Roberto Bolaño

By Night in Chile by Roberto Bolaño

Roberto Bolaño’s By Night in Chile is a study in unreliable narration. It tells the story of the writer/priest/critic Sebastian Urrutia Lacroix as he reflects, from his death-bed, on certain events in his life, particularly those in connection to the Pinochet regime.

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The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

Yukio Mishima was a twentieth century Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor, model and film director. He was also an ardent nationalist, with extreme right wing views. His death in 1970, aged just 45, came as a result of a failed

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Pond by Claire Louise-Bennett

Pond by Claire Louise-Bennett

Pond is a collection of short stories, or perhaps a fragmented novel, centred on an unnamed female narrator living alone in a cottage in Ireland. It is often written in an expansive, mock-heroic style, using elevated language to describe the

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Americanah: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Americanah: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a novel of social comedy and observation bound up in serious issues of identity, race, and culture, in a globalised world. Obinze and Ifemelu meet at high school in Nigeria and fall in love. When the

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Britain’s First Stuart Kings by Tim Harris

Britain’s First Stuart Kings by Tim Harris

Tim Harris’ book offers a detailed and multifaceted account of the reigns of the Stuart monarchs, James I (also James VI of Scotland), and his ill-fated son, Charles I. For anyone who isn’t familiar with this period of history, James

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The Novel: A Survival Skill by Tim Parks

The Novel: A Survival Skill by Tim Parks

Tim Parks’ The Novel: A Survival Skill is part of Oxford University Press’ “The Literary Agenda” series, which has a rather wonderful aim: “to start reinvigorated work into the meaning and value of literary reading.” Parks’ monograph steps up to

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Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino

Italo Calvino was an Italian writer associated with both neorealism and postmodernism. He published a number of works during the latter half of the twentieth century and won a number of awards including the World Fantasy Award for lifetime achievement.

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