Literary Book Blog

Reading literary fiction through structure and craft

Monologue vs soliloquy

Monologue vs Soliloquy

Books with strong female leads: Under the Tuscan Sun, The Poisonwood Bible, Memoirs of a Geisha, Bel Canto, The Joy Luck Club, Olive Kitteridge

Books with Strong Female Leads

Post date
July 20, 2024
Posted in Book Piles
Tagged with Amy Tan, Ann Patchett, Arthur Golden, Barbara Kingsolver, Elizabeth Strout, Frances Mayes

Macondo: García Márquez’s Fictional Town of Magical Realism

Macondo: García Márquez’s Fictional Town of Magical Realism

Post date
July 19, 2024
Posted in Books in Focus
Tagged with Gabriel García Márquez, magic realism

Ernest Hemingway's Iceberg Theory and the Art of Minimalist Writing

Ernest Hemingway’s Iceberg Theory and the Art of Minimalist Writing

Post date
July 17, 2024
Posted in Bookworm's Notebook
Tagged with Ernest Hemingway, Featured Author, literary theory

The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa

The Book of Disquiet

Post date
February 17, 2024
Posted in Books in Focus
Tagged with Fernando Pessoa, translated book

Books with 'Love' in the title: The Gangster of Love; Flights of Love; Love, Etc., Love Me; Love; The Feasts of Love

“Love” Book Titles

Post date
February 14, 2024
Posted in Book Piles
Tagged with Bernhard Schlink, Charles Baxter, Garrison Keillor, Jessica Hagedorn, Julian Barnes, Toni Morrison

Examining the ecological and sociopolitical commentaries in Barbara Kingsolver’s work

Examining the Ecological and Sociopolitical Commentaries in Barbara Kingsolver’s Work

Post date
February 5, 2024
Posted in Bookworm's Notebook
Tagged with Barbara Kingsolver, Featured Author

Literary fiction: what makes a work of fiction a literary genre?

Literary Fiction: What Makes a Work of Fiction a Literary Genre?

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