The Artificial Silk Girl by Irmgard Keun
A young woman in 1930’s Berlin
HIstory & Memory
History & Memory is a catagory of book review that make you feel. I use for books that feel anchored in memory, lineage, echoes of time. More than just historical fiction.
Cleopatra by Natasha Solomon
Power and influence at the Egyptian Court.
The Inverts by Crystal Jeans
Decadence, secrecy, and the cost of being seen
The Penelopiad by Margeret Atwood
A retelling that finds something new to say
Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe
Gossipy reflection on Brat Pack start and beyond.
Night Falls in the City by Sarah Gainham
A coldly compelling tale of Vienna
Field Service by Robert Edric
A review that reflects on some of the first world war stories not told
All involved by Ryan Gattis
A tale that reminds us the human cost of gang membership
The Book of Memory — Petina Gappah
Race, family and incarceration in Zimbabwe
The Kindred by Octavia Butler
An unflinching look at slavery in a genre defying novel