What happens when a love story refuses to behave like a love story? That, to me, is the radical promise of Sairat (2016)—Nagraj Manjule’s Marathi-language social romantic tragedy that begins … Read more
Aaron Ben-Ze’ev and Ruhama Goussinsky’s In the Name of Love: Romantic Ideology and Its Victims is a provocative and deeply thoughtful investigation of the cultural, psychological, and sociological dimensions of … Read more
Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita, published in 1955, is a novel that continues to captivate and provoke readers. Written in English by a Russian-American author, the book explores themes of obsession, moral decay, and the complexities of human desire.
The first time I encountered The Forty Rules of Love by British-Turkish novelist Elif Shafak, it felt as though a profound stone was cast into the still waters of my … Read more
In Women, the German-born American poet and novelist Charles Bukowski crafts a brutally candid and raw exploration of masculinity, relationships, and self-destruction through the eyes of his fictional alter ego, … Read more
There are some stories that stay with you long after you’ve turned the last page or watched the final scene. The Notebook, both Nicholas Sparks’ novel and its cinematic adaptation, … Read more