Category: Literary Classics

• Ágota Kristof’s The Notebook Trilogy of Novels: Remarkable on loss, identity and the trauma of war

  Agota Kristof, Authors, Books, Fiction, Literary Classics, The Notebook Trilogy by Ágota Kristof

• The Magic Wagon: A Bildungsroman Cult Classic by Joe R. Lansdale

  Authors, Books, Fiction, Joe R. Lansdale, Literary Classics

• Death on Credit: Celine’s existential nightmare novel on the human condition

  Authors, Books, Death on Credit by Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Literary Classics, Louis-Ferdinand Céline

• To sever your head from your heart: Dangerous liaisons in Iris Murdoch’s A Severed Head

  A Severed Head by Iris Murdoch, Authors, Books, Fiction, Iris Murdoch, The Philosopher’s Pupil by Iris Murdoch, Women Writers

• A Visit from the Sh*it Squad: Jennifer Egan’s novel about watching toxic paint dry on cr*ap music

  A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan, Authors, Books, Fiction, Jennifer Egan, Literary Classics

• A beautiful literary classic: The Neon Bible by John Kennedy Toole

  Authors, Books, john kennedy toole, Literary Classics, The Neon Bible by John Kennedy Toole

• Who’s Your Daddy? An appreciation of Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev

  Authors, Books, Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev, Fiction, Ivan Turgenev, Literary Classics

• The Philosopher’s Pupil by Iris Murdoch: An Appreciation

  Abuse of Women, Authors, Fiction, Iris Murdoch, Literary Classics, Misogyny, The Philosopher’s Pupil by Iris Murdoch, Women Writers

• The true heir to the best of Kafka’s fiction: Metropole by Ferenc Karinthy

  Ferenc Karinthy, Fiction, Literary Classics, Metropole by Ferenc Karinthy

• Tours of the Black Clock by Steve Erickson – A cult classic, and superb fiction

  Alternate History, Fiction, Literary Classics, Steve Erickson, Tours of the Black Clock by Steve Erickson

• Vengeance is mine. Want some? Hubert Selby’s Waiting Period

  Fiction, Hubert Selby, Jr., Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby, Jr., Literary Classics, Waiting Period by Hubert Selby, Jr.

• Ivy Compton-Burnett: Modernist, ironic, acid-sharp and clever as all hell

  Fiction, Ivy Compton-Burnett, Literary Classics

• Jane Eyre – A wonderful, radical heroine

  Anne Brontë, Authors, Books, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Feminism, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, Literary Classics, Stevie Davies, Women Writers

• The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedeyat: A Persian/Iranian literary classic about madness, obsession, betrayal and murder.

  Fiction, Literary Classics, Misogyny, Sadeq Hedayat, The Blind Owl by Sadeq Hedayat, Violence Against Women

• Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig: A classic 20th century novel

  Anthea Bell, Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig, Fiction, Literary Classics, Stefan Zweig

• Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea: An amazing re-visioning of Jane Eyre

  Charlotte Brontë, Feminism, Jean Rhys, Literary Classics, Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

• The Breast by Philip Roth: His most outrageous, fun work, besides Portnoy’s Complaint

  Fiction, Literary Classics, Philip Roth, The Breast by Philip Roth

• Last Exit to Brooklyn – Still Selby’s best novel?

  Fiction, Hubert Selby, Jr., Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby, Jr., Literary Classics