Speedboat
Renata Adler
There is a vibrant quality running through the narrator's life that I would equate to a good noir detective novel that keeps the page-turning pace up, with the occasional weirdo wandering into the story (more than a few times)
Reading
Ralph Fiennes' Four Quartets
Fiennes' production in which the poem is the script, performed in a theatre with subtle changes of light, and accompanied by film interludes of the locations associated with the poem's four sections.
Hitch-22
Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens reflects on his upbringing, the influences that shaped him, and the philosophical foundations of his worldview.
Quicksand
Junichiro Tanizaki
Quicksand is a silkily nuanced novel of erotic gamesmanship and obsession.
The Kreutzer Sonata
Leo Tolstoy
A novella that is the confession of Pozdnyshev, a man who recounts the tragic unraveling of his life and marriage. Very Russian fare.
The War Against Cliché
Martin Amis
Essays on the intricacies of literature, focusing on the importance of originality, and the tremendous lack thereof.
Josephine the Singer
Franz Kafka
Narrated by fellow mouse, who reflects on Josephine's (a mouse) significance within their society.
The Guide
R.K. Narayan
A young man falls for a dancer and in promoting her falls into debt, and finally prison. The novel starts with his release from prison.
Malgudi Days
R.K. Narayan
Short tales by R.K. Narayan taking place in the fictional town of Malgudi.
The Map and the Territory
Michel Houellebecq
The contemporary art world comes face to face with one Michel Houellebecq.
The Festival of Insignificance
Milan Kundera
The trivial moments in life often hold greater meaning than grand events? Find out here.
Hunter of Stories
Eduardo Galeano
Why not write the big story of the past by telling the little ones?
Trust
Hernan Diaz
A tale that revolves around a wealthy financier, Benjamin Rask, and his enigmatic wife, Helen.
The Dog of the South
Charles Portis
Ray Midge, a bean counter in Arkansas, is our leading man and narrator. One day, his wife leaves him for Guy Dupree, but what's worse is that she takes his car.
Clay
James Joyce
Multi-levels of meaning and potential interpretation exist in this, one of Joyce's shortest stories.
