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  • Why the Humanities hurt ft. The Secret History by Donna Tartt

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    ( a thought jotted down right after turning the final page of The Secret History—it’s about beauty, obsession, and why the humanities sometimes hurt more than they heal. For full context, I highly recommend reading the book.) In The Secret History, beauty is not benign—it is terrible, ravenous, and seductive. The characters are inhaled by…

  • Strange books I’ve read recently

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    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 a weird girl summer in no particular order; This…

  • The blind owl by Sadegh Hedayat

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    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…