Julie Gilbert Today, we delve into the enduring relevance of the themes explored by Pulitzer Prize -winning author Edna Ferber —issues like racism, sexism, greed, and anti-Semitism that continue to resonate in America more than 70 years later. Ferber’s remarkable body of work includes twelve novels, notably one that earned her a Pulitzer Prize for […]
The Mallorcan Joana Marcús is a young bestseller in Spain and America, writer of young adult novels with a romantic touch As Victoria, the protagonist of Etéreo (Montena), Joana Marcús (Palma, 2000) has a subtle irony in her speech that blends well with the simplicity of being the best-selling Spanish language author in America. It’s […]
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) One thing which many readers of Robert Frost’s poetry may have wondered while reading his poems is: why does he repeat the same line at the end of his 1923 poem ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’? The repeated line ‘And miles to go before I sleep’ concludes […]
The image portrays a figure staring around a large question mark. The colors are gray, black and white. historical fiction 6 Engrossing Historical Novels to Keep the Chill Away Curl up with these transporting reads. Credit…Caroline Gamon Alida Becker was an editor at the Book Review for 30 years. She was the first winner of […]
It’s abacus and laurels time here at Book Marks HQ. We, the industrious and sun-starved Book Marks miners, have spent 12 months chiseling reviews from more than 150 publications—from the Washington Post to the Irish Times , the San Francisco Chronicle to the London Review of Books —all so that we can now tell you, […]
