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While their stories are funny tales of minimum-wage teenage drudgery, they are also stories of chafing at the world one inherits from their parents.
Literature
Literary novels.
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Grace Period
Leaving Lisbon and revisiting the small town he remembers only vaguely, he is accosted both with the familiarity and strangeness of locations he left so long ago.
The Suicides
Di Benedetto’s style is stark and precise. There are no extraneous words here. No time spared on unnecessary details.
My Prizes
Reading My Prizes is comforting, because even though Bernhard has reached that pinnacle of success and the goal of being recognized as a writer, he still has problems.
The Devil in the Flesh
It’s a story mostly told in clandestine meetings, burning letters, and obvious consequences that lead to a predictable end.
My Father and Myself
The moment real adulthood begins is when you look at the grown-ups around you and realize that they are people and they may not always know what’s best for you or understand your experience.
Death in Venice
What I did enjoy about Death in Venice was how oppressive Mann manages to make the atmosphere of the plague-ridden city.
Motion Sickness
Like the narrator, the novel wanders between past and present and often between locations themselves.
Suzanne and Louise
Guibert’s aunts were a major part of his life and offer him comfort that his parents cannot when he gets sick. In them, he can see his own end of life.
Forbidden Notebook
Forbidden Notebook is a testament to repeating patterns that keep women down and prevent them from being who they truly want to be or even seeing themselves as people at all.