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The Box Man by Kobo Abe
It all started with wanting to become, or rather be, a box man. The book introduces a work of fiction that sets the boundary that...
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Jul 31, 20221 min read


Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami
Variety is a part and parcel of all companionship. And because there are all kinds of people making different choices, there is always a...
Ayesha Dhurue
Jul 30, 20221 min read


Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Tender is the Night feels rushed and, oftentimes, wearisome. It’s a tale about the lives of two people, Dick and...
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Jul 30, 20221 min read


Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami's Men Without Women isn't easy to talk about. His characters are joined together by the same thread: loneliness. Tales...
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Jul 29, 20221 min read


The Misanthrope by Moliere
This is, by no measure, a foolish book. It is, as the title so blatantly confesses, a misanthropic read. It’s sincere and grim. And it...
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Jul 25, 20222 min read


Lifting the Veil: Selected Writings by Ismat Chughtai
Imagine, just for a moment, the rise and fall of your heartbeat. Feel tiny bubbles of thoughts making their way through the changing...
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Jul 24, 20222 min read


The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
We extract the good and the bad in life. Accept it. And still, remain confined to what feels familiar and ours. Books The Bell Jar must...
Ayesha Dhurue
Jul 23, 20222 min read


The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa
A novelized autobiography. An attempt to interiorize the indifference and absurdity of existing. A mirror through which one is conscious...
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Jul 14, 20222 min read


War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
“Pierre was right when he said that one must believe in the possibility of happiness in order to be happy, and I now believe in it. Let...
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Apr 13, 20222 min read


Swann's Way by Marcel Proust
“One cannot change, that is to say become a different person, while continuing to acquiesce to the feelings of the person one has ceased...
Ayesha Dhurue
Apr 13, 20222 min read
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