Benjamin Lacomb – Les Amants Papillon
Les Amants Papillons is an illustrated book loosely based on the famous Chinese (tragic) legend about two lovers that can’t be together.
Category: book reviews
Batman: Knight of Vengeance
What if little Bruce Wayne was the one to be killed by Joe Chill, and his father Thomas went on to be Batman? Knight of Vengeance answers that question with a story set in an alternate version of the DC universe.
Arthur Phillips – The Tragedy of Arthur
No matter whether Shakespeare stirs your appreciation, dislike, or indifference, The Tragedy of Arthur is an engaging novel, blurring the borders between authenticity and forgery, and examining The Bard’s hold on Western culture.
Andy Mulligan – Trash
Kids who live and work in a trash heap find a mysterious package they must hide from the police.
Amy Lane – Sidecar (2012)
Sidecar doesn’t need verbose overstatements of appreciation, exaggerated appeals of its brilliance. A story is as simple as love itself, it stands alone and shines on its own merits.
Allen McGill – Daisy Chains and Monster Games
Allen McGill’s short story collection promises “a hodgepodge of characters” and proclaims “there’s something for everyone.” But how well does this collection of seemingly unrelated stories fare?
Alfredo Bryce Echenique – No me Esperen en Abril
No me Esperen en Abril tells the love story of a couple, Manongo and Tere, who fell in love at an early age and not even time changed the way they felt for each other.
Adam Johnson – The Orphan Master’s Son
This year’s Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction is a good but not exemplary drama of shifting views and identities in North Korea.
