by MMB
March 7, 2021
Megalomaniac Masters and Monarchs (3) – Undone by Mysteries
The Last Empress, by Anchee Min, is the second in a set of two novels about the Chinese Qing DynastyContinue Reading
Category: Review of Biographical Fiction
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Megalomaniac Masters and Monarchs (1) – The Juicy Biographies
In the last years of the 19th century and the first 20 or so years of the 20th century, AsiaContinue Reading
Backstories Discussion of genre Discussion of writing style Readers and reading Review of Biographical Fiction Review of historical fiction
A Paraguayan Perspective on the Strange Case of the President of Paraguay and the Irish Courtesan
A few months ago, I wrote a piece about three novels that have as their subjects the former President ofContinue Reading
Backstories Discussion of genre Discussion of writing style Readers and reading Review of Biographical Fiction Review of historical fiction
The Strange Case of the President of Paraguay and the Irish Courtesan
If you look up Paraguay on a map, like I had to, you will see that it is a countryContinue Reading
by MMB
July 2, 2020
Art-themed Fiction Arts-themed novels CanLit Discussion of writing style kunstlerromane Review of Biographical Fiction Review of historical fiction Review of literary fiction Review of new book Review of new novel
Falling for the Leopard – Lampedusa, by Steven Price
Do you where Lampedusa is? Or what it is? Steven Price’s historical novel, Lampedusa, is not actually about the islandContinue Reading
by MMB
June 8, 2019
Read the books before you judge the films – GoT and Florence Foster Jenkins
Game of Thrones has now ended, and amid the uproar about the storyline and perceived-as-unsatisfactory conclusion of the final season, despairingContinue Reading
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A howl from the guts – White Out by Martine Delvaux
Before you read White Out it is best that you know that this book is written somewhat in the styleContinue Reading
Review in a 57-second video – Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders
Compact Crits #2: 57-second review of Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders.
Authors to watch Award-winning novel Best of 2018 Constructed World Novel Discussion of writing style Review of Biographical Fiction Review of historical fiction Review of new book
A Triumph of Imagination – Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders
This is one review I composed carefully, as the novel is in a format I have never seen before, inContinue Reading
