The perennial bestseller is now disconnected from its reason for being. It wants to evoke our affection for nature but shows little interest in human nature or science. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-08-24 11:00:49 UTC ]
The Pulitzer prize-winning author discusses her follow up to A Visit from the Goon Squad and how imagining a new technology set her writing freeWhen Jennifer Egan bought her house in Brooklyn 20 years ago, it had been on the market for eight months. The owners were an elderly couple, and the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-04-16 08:00:03 UTC ]
An author of atmospheric murder mysteries examines the dark side of human nature. (Sponsored) Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
‘Young Goodman Brown’ (1835) is one of the most famous stories by the American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Inspired in part by the Salem witch craze of 1692, the story is a powerful exploration of the dark side of human nature. How Hawthorne loads his story with such power is worthy […] The post... Continue reading >> [ Source: Interesting Literature | 2020-06-24 14:00:49 UTC ]