Archive - The Eternal Reader

What I will be reading, or atleast attempting to read

A few readalongs, a couple of book clubs -

Dec 31, 2024 •

What Sylvia Plath taught me

Reading The Bell Jar

Dec 17, 2024 •

August 2024

Anna Karenina, Emma Bovary - an uncontrolled appetite that led to tragic ends

Two women, who could not control their appetites, even at the cost of being a responsible mother, meet tragic ends

Aug 8, 2024 •

July 2024

Dubravka Ugresic – Writing from Anywhere But Home

On the passing of an important European writer.

Jul 28, 2024 •

Salman Rushdie —Of Blood, Fear and Blank Page

What the stabbing of Rushdie means, Victory City, and what the fatwa's real impact was

Jul 28, 2024 •

Hanya Yanagihara's A Little Life - Life is suffering, followed by more suffering

What to make of this book? A compelling read but I'm not sure I'm recommending it to any friends

Jul 27, 2024 •

April 2024

Where I provide thoughts, coherent or otherwise, on things literary and...well, literary.

Apr 13, 2024 •

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