6 min read ⌚ If the name Paulo Coelho doesn’t ring any bells, perhaps you need to do some reading. How to describe his style of expression? – All of his books fly in the faces of the conventional methods and embrace a path that is filled with uncertainty and adventure. Paulo Coelho Biography Paulo Coelho […]
7 min read ⌚ Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Racism is a thing of the past, right? Well, add a little adjective such as “Overt” before that sentence, and Michelle Alexander may just agree. But that only makes it worse. Read “The New Jim Crow” to find out how. Who Should Read “The New […]
7 min read ⌚ With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects Another feminist classic. Hey, did we say another? We actually meant to say the original feminist classic, Mary Wollstonecraft’s 1792 magnum opus “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.” As in: if this book didn’t exist, neither Woolf’s “A Room of One’s Own” nor Beauvoir’s […]
7 min read ⌚ A Book for All and None Many years before Harari imagined the advent of Homo Deus, Friedrich Nietzsche wrote about Man as the missing link between the Beast and the Overman. And the myth of the eternal return. And the widely misunderstood death of God. There you go – the three main […]
7 min read ⌚ Nowadays, it seems that there are more CSI-themed shows than there are TV shows altogether. True, there are as many books and series of books on the subject – but, “Chronicle of a Death Foretold” is written by none other than Gabriel Garcia Márquez, your favorite 20th-century writer. So, what are you […]
7 min read ⌚ There’s something biblical and religious in “The Old Man and the Sea,” a story about a Cuban fisherman, a 5.5-meter-long marlin, and few hungry sharks. And if you know Ernest Hemingway – that’s more than a recommendation. Read our summary to find out why. Who Should Read “The Old Man and the […]
8 min read ⌚ What if you are Shakespeare and you want to end your career? Of course, you’re going to do it with aplomb! “The Tempest” is the most melodramatic, the most fairytale-like and possibly the most poignant of all Shakespeare’s plays. And we bring you its summary! Who Should Read “The Tempest”? And Why? […]
12 min read ⌚ “King Lear” is not your usual Shakespeare’s tragedy. There are no betrayals, no sex and power games, no bunch of dead people in the and, and not one actor is acting mad at no point in the play. No, just kidding! It has all of that – and so much more. Who […]
9 min read ⌚ “There is no such thing as moral phenomena,” writes Friedrich Nietzsche, “but only a moral interpretation of phenomena.” And in “Beyond Good and Evil” he tries, in his poetic and aphoristic best, to put a question mark over the historical validity of the latter. Who Should Read “Beyond Good and Evil”? […]
6 min read ⌚ There are few things we like more than a good satire. And when one includes letters exchanged between a senior Demon and a junior Tempter – you know you’re about to have a ball! Time for the diabolically droll – and divinely didactical – “Screwtape Letters” by C. S. Lewis. Who Should […]
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