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Before he was “Che,” Ernesto Guevara was a 23-year-old medical student on a failing Norton. How the diary reached print, what it shows, and how Walter Salles’s 2004 film reshaped it.
Discover the raw and powerful voice of Sylvia Plath in her novel, The Bell Jar. This book review delves into the themes of mental illness, identity, and the complexities of the human experience. Explore why this novel continues to captivate readers today.
A review of Gregg Olsen’s If You Tell, the true story of the Knotek sisters of Raymond, Washington: how the case unfolded, where critics split, and who the book suits.
How Philip K. Dick’s novel reached print in 1968, what critics praise and question, what Dick said about it, and how Blade Runner and the 2099 series built on it.
Huxley wrote Brave New World in about four months in 1931. How the book was made, what its Controller and its Savage argue over, why it keeps getting challenged, and how it fared on screen.
Toni Morrison’s Beloved grew out of the 1856 Margaret Garner case. A look at the author, the book’s themes, its awards, the 2006 poll that ranked it first, and the 1998 film.