"The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" is a 1940 novel by the American author Carson McCullers. The novel was well received after its publication and was ranked by the Modern Library as number seventeen on the list of 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. The novel centers around a deaf-mute man named John … [Read more...] about The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
The Hiding Places
"The Hiding Place" is a 1971 memoir by Corrie ten Boom with John and Elizabeth Sherrill. The idea for the book came when the Sherrill's were writing another book on another hero of the holocaust and discovered ten Boom's story. The book tells the story of ten Boom's early childhood and most importantly, the story of … [Read more...] about The Hiding Places
The Road
"The Road" is a 2006 dystopian novel by the American writer Cormac McCarthy. The novel won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction. The was well received critically and featured in Oprah Winfrey's Book Club. The novel revolves around a father and his son who are only … [Read more...] about The Road
Things Fall Apart
"Things Fall Apart" is a 1958 novel by the Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. Seen as the quintessential novel on the change from pre to post colonial life in Nigeria, the novel was one of the first African novels to receive worldwide recognition. It is now considered a classic and widely taught in schools both inside and … [Read more...] about Things Fall Apart
Wise Blood
"Wise Blood" is a 1952 novel by the American author Flannery O'Connor. It was O'Connor's debut novel and was put together from four separate stories that were first published in three different magazines. The novel centers around a young returning army veteran named Hazel Motes who has decided that he is a staunch … [Read more...] about Wise Blood
Bel Ami
"Bel Ami" is a novel by the French author Guy de Maupassant. The novel was originally published in French in the year 1885 and was later translated into English and published in 1903 after it was given the English title, "Bel Ami". The novel tells the story of a man named Georges Duroy, a former French soldier who … [Read more...] about Bel Ami
Don Juan
Don Juan is a comedy performed in five acts. It was written by Moliere and first performed at the Theatre du Palais-Royal in 1665. Moliere played the part of Sganarelle, Don Juan's valet and moral compass. Because the religious leaders of the time in Paris thought the play mocked their beliefs, they insisted on … [Read more...] about Don Juan
Rhinoceros
Rhinoceros is a play written by Eugene Ionesco in 1959. He wrote it for The Theater of the Absurd, a style of plays that were popular in the post-World War II era. The playwrights that participated were usually European. The plays were meant to be existential. In Rhinoceros residents of a small French village have … [Read more...] about Rhinoceros
The Fall
"The Fall" is a 1956 novel by the French writer, Albert Camus. The novel was translated into English in 1957, a year after its first publishing in France. The novel takes place in Amsterdam and Paris and is told from the perspective of a man named Jean-Baptiste who speaks to you, the reader, directly. Jean-Baptiste is … [Read more...] about The Fall
Galileo
"Galileo" or "Life of Galileo" is a play by the German dramatist Bertolt Brecht that was first shown on September 9th, 1943. The play was published in 1940. The original showing was held at the Zurich Schauspielhaus in Germany. The cast included Leonard Steckel (who was the directed as well as the actor playing … [Read more...] about Galileo