Tag: book-reviews
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The Name of the Rose: Libraries, Censorship, and the Fear of Laughter
The Name of the Rose (1986; dir. Annaud) is a multinational production starring Sean Connery. The film is an adaptation of Umberto Eco’s debut novel of the same name. Eco was a professor of semiotics, a medievalist, and a philosopher who held academic positions at several American and Italian universities throughout his prolific career. I…
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Despair and Resilience in The Midnight Library and The Beggar Student
Both The Midnight Library (2020) by Matt Haig and The Beggar Student (1940) by Osamu Dazai tackle despair, but they do so in starkly different ways. I picked up both of these books serendipitously. I miscalculated the amount of time I needed in NYC and had several free hours before my bus left for home, so I stopped by…
The Curated Life Worth Reading 