Posts tagged feel good literature
Review of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s “The Committed”: The Multiplicity of the Colonial Self
Review of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s “The Committed”: The Multiplicity of the Colonial Self

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“The unnamed ‘man of two minds’ from Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning The Sympathizer returns in The Committed (Grove Atlantic, 2021), now entangled in the criminal side streets of France. No longer a spy or a sleeper, but most certainly a spook, our two-minded narrator is tormented by contradiction, infinitely dialectical in his ability to sympathize with conflicting perspectives.” On the blog, Jonathan Paul reviews Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Committed (Grove Atlantic, 2021).

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Review of Rachel Joyce’s “Miss Benson's Beetle”: Embracing the Warmth of Solidarity
Review of Rachel Joyce’s “Miss Benson's Beetle”: Embracing the Warmth of Solidarity

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“Joyce grapples with themes of isolation, disillusionment, and cultural confusion in the post-war era, adding a sinister tinge to a story that seeks to establish itself as something more than just ‘touching.’” On the blog, Simone Gulliver reviews Rachel Joyce’s Miss Benson’s Beetle (Penguin Random House, 2020).

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Book ReviewGuest Usermiss benson's beetle, rachel joyce, british, up lit, female friendship, feel good literature