Tag: Book reviews

  • Strange books for strange girls

    There is nothing I like more than books that get under my skin, shake me to the core, and leave me thrilled and weak-kneed with unease. If you have a taste for rather unusual and chaotic literature, here are five glorious and slightly disquieting books for hot girl summer in no particular order; A man…

  • The blind owl by Sadegh Hedayat

    Teeming with surrealistic imagery and potent symbolism, The blind owl by Sadegh Hedayat is considered an important piece of Iranian literature that packs a hefty punch. Its language is as lovely as a persian rug and just as unreal. The subject matter is murderous and darkly decadent, so much so that I found it to…