Tag: fiction
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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…
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The Existential Lens of H.G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds: Alien Visitation and Our Humanity
Recently, I had surgery in New York City and wanted to have a small novel with me in case I was admitted for an overnight stay. I chose H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds because it felt fitting, given all the buzz about unknown drone activity over the East Coast, particularly in New Jersey and metro…
The Curated Life Worth Reading 