Category Archives: Books

  Willy Listen, Eva! You must leave this house. Let us stop playing with dots and dashes and unspoken words. You know what a power you once had over me. Snow, soft white snow has covered all the memories and … Continue reading →

I first became aware of Stanislaw Przybyszewski while perusing Edvard Munch’s Jealousy at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. A helpful wall sign identifies the Mephistophelean figure on the left as Przybyszewski, and as I became more and more knowledgeable about … Continue reading →

Warning: the following is not a parody or satire, but the authentic description of a forthcoming book published by a major publisher. The book in question is also not a parody or satire but a sincere testament to the fact that … Continue reading →

In the Wake of the Goddesses: Women, Culture and Biblical Transformation of Pagan Myth by Tikva Frymer-Kensky   Here’s some more baubles from the Goddess horde I found at the Kiwanis, though in the end Frymer-Kensky, coming from a Jewish … Continue reading →

  The Post Existentialist French Novel

Bury Me Deep, Megan Abbott, Simon and Schuster, $15.00. There’s a lot of chatter about noir these days, but it’s easier to drop the term than to define it, and even harder to recreate a noir novel without seeming quaint … Continue reading →

This is a very good noir novel by the author of They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?

INNOCENT… BUT DEADLY! Tia, wild as a summer storm, drove men – and women – into a frenzied plunge into erotic sensuality! For Lisa, older but not wiser, Tia awoke the ecstasy of unnatural love. For Frank, she was the … Continue reading →