Yesterday marked the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of WWII, one of the most infernal periods in human history ever known to us. Apart from the infamous rule of Nazi, the decline of Communist Eastern European states led to a… Read More ›
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Post-War Spain According to Carlos Ruiz Zafón: The Scars of War on the City and Its People
The Labyrinth of the Spirits (2016) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón is the 4th and last installment of the series The Cemetery of Forgotten Books. Each of them an independent narrative held together by a space called the “Cemetery of Forgotten Books”, where… Read More ›
This Week’s Features: The Lost Generation
Yesterday marked the 105th Anniversary of World War I, one of the most massive watersheds of geopolitical history in the 20th century. The Great War led to the downfall of the Central Powers and four great imperial dynasties. It resulted… Read More ›
Cleansing the Trauma of the Lost Generation: Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway’s first published novel, The Sun Also Rises (1926), set in the 1920s, is about the polyamorous affairs between a group of lost young souls. The aimless drifting actions of the characters in the Fiesta in Spain metaphorically echoes… Read More ›
This Week’s Features: The Dystopia
Hulu is now airing the third season of its popular show The Handmaid’s Tale, which is inspired by Margaret Atwood’s original novel (1985). June’s (Elizabeth Moss) strong resistance to Gilead, the dystopian political regime, has started a mass fervour for… Read More ›
