I finished Joseph Heller's Catch-22 many months ago -- I've kept pushing the review further and further off because this is one of the classics, it's loved by many, disliked by some, downright hated by a chosen few. I find myself decidedly in the camp of the first, as this novel illustrated the absurdism of... Continue Reading →
Vengeance, Bloody Vengeance: Medea by Euripedes (Reading With the Greeks # 01)
I'm making a point of examining the great surviving tragedies of Ancient Greece. The time was right, I knew, when a Signet Classics edition of Euripides: Ten Plays looked at me invitingly from a shelf in the Sofia Airport bookstore this January. It's a wonderful pocket edition, and it set me back by three euro.... Continue Reading →
Thursday Spotlight: Martin Eden
I haven't read many books about writers, but amongst the ones that I have...this one is my favorite. It tells the story of a simple young man who, having saved a member of the upper class' live, is introduced to a young, well-educated lady. He, of course, falls in love with her immediately and realizes... Continue Reading →