Tag: literature

In honor of the 25th anniversary of Lewis Thomas' death, we recommend everyone pick up a copy or two of the famed physician and etymologist's essays.

Oliver Sacks' writing and in-depth portrayal of complex neurological phenomena in a simpler depiction makes Hallucinations an amazing topic.

For many people, watching Shakespeare is like running through the snow and jumping into a hot tub.  The reaction your body has to this...

Fahrenheit 451 premiered last night on HBO and the channel’s streaming services, HBO Go and HBO Now, to a tepid response. What went wrong, what went right, and why isn’t it a pleasure to burn with this adaptation?

Dictionary Stories is a unique entry in the crowded literary landscape. What could have been a gimmicky collection of nonsense instead shines through as one of the most inventive, varied, and entertaining books to hit shelves in years.

From the day of its original publication in Germany in 2013, Timur Vermes’ ‘Look Who’s Back’ (translated from the original title: ‘Er ist wieder da’) was going to ruffle some feathers. The novel combined to hitherto seldom-explored literary genres for German authors: political satire and Adolf Hitler.

Few literature genres divide opinion quite like sporting autobiographies. I believe that well-written sporting autobiographies can inspire people to do great things, and they often detail areas of sport that spectators seldom see, such as negotiations between agents and arranging transfers between teams.

Whilst the general pattern of the coming of age novel has remained regular (protagonist, on the brink of adulthood must overcome social and personal obstacles, in doing so shedding the skin of their childhood self), the context in which they are written has undergone significant change in the last 100 years

What Makes A Great Spy Novel; Nothing quite beats a good spy novel. As a literary genre, it combines intricacy with style, action, and emotion.