The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín
As a vignette meditating on a suffering mother there are some interesting sections but the book as a whole left me cold. Perhaps my faith played a role but I wo...
As a vignette meditating on a suffering mother there are some interesting sections but the book as a whole left me cold. Perhaps my faith played a role but I wo...
I will confess something to you my loyal readership. I am having existential doubts about this whole blogging thing. For a variety of reasons I won’t go ...
I stumbled upon The Happy Life: The Search for Contentment in the Modern World by David Malouf at the local library. It was on a front-piece or thematic shelf a...
Not being a scholar of the early church, there is not much I can add to the discussion of the issues surrounding the date, and impact on the early church, etc. ...
What struck me was the personality - the author's, the character's, the setting's. With few words and some simple illustrations Roberts quickly and effortlessl...
It’s unfortunate for Caleb Carr that the craft of writing so often disobeys a beloved American maxim: Hard work pays off. The colossal effort Carr has exerted t...