A book for when your life feels stalled, Satantango shows how false saviors, foggy plans, and low horizons trap whole communities—and how lucidity still glints through the rain. At its … Read more
What if a heist didn’t steal a thing but planted it—right in your sleeping mind? Christopher Nolan’s Inception film is a 2010 science-fiction heist epic that I keep returning to … Read more
What does it mean when silence speaks louder than words? In 1966, Ingmar Bergman released Persona, a Swedish psychological drama that is often described as one of the most complex … Read more
The Goldfinch is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel written by Donna Tartt, published in 2013. Tartt, an American author renowned for her intricate and captivating writing style, gained significant acclaim with … Read more
Shame, a novel by Salman Rushdie, was first published in 1983. The novel is a crucial part of Rushdie’s literary portfolio, following the success of Midnight’s Children and preceding his … Read more
South of the Border West of the Sun (Kokkyō no Minami, Taiyō no Nishi) is a poignant novel by acclaimed Japanese author Haruki Murakami, first published in Japan in 1992 … Read more
The Vegetarian by Han Kang is a South Korean novel that was first published in 2007 and later translated into English by Deborah Smith in 2015. The book quickly garnered … Read more