Pedro Paramo Book Review: A Haunting Classic of Latin American Literature Some books leave you with a smile. Some leave you with questions. And then there’s Pedro Páramo — the kind that leaves you sitting quietly, staring into space, trying to process what just happened. Juan Rulfo’s 1955 novel may be short, but don’t let Read more…
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jane Austen was an eighteenth-century English author, though she gained most of her popularity in the twentieth century. Austen’s works are considered classics today. Her novels are women-centric and always seem to highlight the societal issues of the era by depicting ordinary people in everyday settings. Austen’s novels are also known for Read more…
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Haruki Murakami is a Japanese author born in Kyoto, Japan. He is a novelist, short story writer, essayist, and translator. His preferred genres include magical realism, surrealism, fiction, realism, post-modernism, picaresque, and Bildungsroman. His notable works are Norwegian Wood, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Kafka on the Shore, After Dark, What I Talk Read more…
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Gabriel García Márquez was born on March 6, 1927 in Aracataca, Colombia. An accomplished journalist, short-story writer and novelist, Márquez remains one of the best-known Latin American writers. He is especially known as a champion of the magical realism style of writing. While he had a couple of novels and a few Read more…
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Nelle Harper Lee (April 28, 1926 – February 19, 2016) was an American novelist widely known for To Kill a Mockingbird, published in 1960. Immediately successful, it won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and has become a classic of modern American literature. Though Lee had only published this single book, in 2007, she Read more…
