Tag Archives: class

An UnderratedRead Revisited: January – Sara Gallardo (translated by Frances Riddle)

Posted on April 12, 2024 by J D Jung

(reviewed by JD Jung) January (Enero) first published in Spanish in 1958, follows the daily life and thoughts of sixteen-year-old Nefer, who finds she is pregnant after a rape. Nefer works on the family farm, and lives in the shadow … Continue reading →

Posted in Revisited | Tagged abortion, Argentina, class, culture, Latin American Lit, rape | Leave a comment

The Vacation House – Jane Shemilt

Posted on December 26, 2023 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommisionsEarned 2003 -Thirteen-year-old Sofie and her family toiled at a vacation house on the island of Paxos, Greece. This house was owned by a wealthy British family and frequented every summer by them and their friends. … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, Our Best | Tagged class, Greece, London, Sexual abuse | Comments Off

January – Sara Gallardo, translated by Frances Riddle

Posted on October 24, 2023 by J D Jung

Posted in Culture, Latin American Literature, Lost and almost forgotten, Skinny reads | Tagged abortion, Argentina, class, culture, rape | Comments Off

An UnderratedRead Revisited: Antiman: A Hybrid Memoir – Rajiv Mohabir

Posted on June 13, 2023 by J D Jung

(reviewed by JD Jung) “I wanted to stop hiding. I wanted to tell them that I was queer. Queer sexually, queer religiously, queer by caste, and queer countried.” Rajiv Mohabir never felt that he belonged. As a resident of Central … Continue reading →

Posted in Revisited | Tagged class, culture, Guyanese, immigrants, immigration, India, LGBTQ, political activism, race, sexuality | Comments Off

The Blue is Where God Lives – Sharon Sochil Washington, PhD

Posted on April 29, 2023 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “If Satan is successful, the family’s history will end with the blue baby girl.” It is currently 2008, and Blue (referenced above) is grieving the murder of her daughter. She questions God’s existence, which leads … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical Fiction, Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Mythology | Tagged African literature, class, folkore, magical realism, mysticism, poverty, slavery | Comments Off

An UnderratedRead Revisited – Gigolo: Inside the Secret World of the Super Rich- Ben Foster & Clifford Thurlow

Posted on January 22, 2022 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “…I had plenty of money but always needed more. I had thought of myself as a healer when I started work at the spa. I had turned into a total slut. I played every client … Continue reading →

Posted in Revisited | Tagged Britain, class, massage, prostitution, rich & famous, society | Comments Off

The Underbelly (Outspoken Authors Book 3)- Gary Phillips

Posted on August 10, 2021 by J D Jung

(reviewed by JD Jung) Mulgrew Magrady, an often-times homeless Viet Nam veteran is trying to get his life back on track. Though he is eight months sober, he is still suffering from his earlier impulsive actions. He abandoned responsibility for … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, Noir-esque fiction | Tagged addiction, class, crime fiction, gentrification, Los Angeles, race, social justice | Comments Off

Antiman: A Hybrid Memoir – Rajiv Mohabir

Posted on July 25, 2021 by J D Jung

Posted in Culture, Immigration, Modern Literary Fiction, World Issues | Tagged class, culture, Guyanese, immigration, India, LGBTQ, multiculture, political activism, race, sexuality | Comments Off

Barcelona Dreaming – Rupert Thomson

Posted on May 30, 2021 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “His discovery that I had been seeing a Moroccan immigrant half my age shocked him even more than the fact that I was implicated in my next-door neighbor’s death. He believed I was trying to destroy … Continue reading →

Posted in Modern Literary Fiction, Short stories | Tagged addiction, Barcelona, class, illegal immigration, race | Comments Off