The Breath of God (Opening of the World) by Harry Turtledove
The second Opening of the World thriller is a terrific novel that switches gear from the first tale, which was more of an exploration expedition, to a great military fantasy. The story line is fast-paced as the heroes flee after losing the battle to the [...]
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The Breath Of God by Harry Turtledove - Review
2666 by Roberto Bolaño - Review
2666: A Novel by Roberto Bolaño
A novel like “2666” is its own preserving machine, delivering itself into our hearts, sentence by questing, unassuming sentence; it also becomes a preserving machine for the lives its words fall upon like a forgiving rain, fictional characters and the secret selves hidden behind and enshrined within them: hapless academic [...]
The Believers by Zoë Heller - Review
The Believers: A Novel by Zoë Heller
‘The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned.’ So begins Zoë Heller’s third novel, The Believers, with the words of Marxist heavyweight Antonio Gramsci.
It’s a nuanced epigraph for a nuanced tale: an observant and unsentimental family drama that pits rationalism against faith (in numerous [...]
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