Book Review: The Pearl by John Steinbeck
From Amazon.com: Like his father and grandfather before him, Kino is a poor diver, gathering pearls from the gulf beds that once brought great wealth to the Kings of Spain and now provide Kino, Juana,...
View ArticleBook Review: The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares
I am a big fan of Latin American writers, especially G.G. Marquez and Julio Cortazar, but I have to admit to the fact that Adolfo Bioy Casares exerts a special influence on me. He lived his life under...
View ArticleBook Review: A Knight of Seven Kingdoms by George R.R. Martin
Taking place a hundred years before the events in the Game of Thrones, A Knight of Seven Kingdoms adds a bit more to the incredibly complex universe imagined by George R.R. Martin. Dunk and Egg are as...
View ArticleBook Review: Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk
Palahniuk managed to amaze me with this novel. I’ve read it in a single night, as most of his other books, but this one was shockingly good, more than his usual standard. He increases the intensity of...
View ArticleMovie Review: Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture. Director:...
View ArticleBook Review: Christ Recrucified by Nikos Kazantzakis
The inhabitants of a Greek village, ruled by the Turks, plan to enact the life of Christ in a mystery play but are overwhelmed by their task. A group of refugees, fleeing from the ruins of their...
View ArticleBook Review: Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
“It may help to understand human affairs to be clear that most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused, not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, but by people...
View Article[Movie Review] Joker: Heartbreaking
“The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth.” – African proverb Just trying to gather my thoughts and emotions about this movie makes me feel like crying. Those...
View ArticleBook Review: Dune by Frank Herbert
Even though I wrote an article on why this novel is so difficult to adapt into a movie, I didn’t review the novel. It’s time to do just that now. Few novels have exerted such a tremendous influence on...
View ArticleBook Review: Hyperion by Dan Simmons
One word review: Wow! Ever so often it happens that I get to suspend disbelief and immerse myself in such a brilliantly constructed fictional universe that it feels like a dream I’d never want to end....
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