Tag Archives: racism
House of Beauty- Melba Escobar (Author), Elizabeth Bryer (Translator)
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “I also hate the ladies of Bogotá among whom I count myself, though I do all I can to stand apart. I hate their habit of using the term “Indians” to refer to people they consider … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, Latin American Literature, World Issues, World Literature
Tagged Bogota, Colombia, crime fiction, mysogeny, racism
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Making Sense of the Alt-Right – George Hawley
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “…we can be reasonably concerned that a growing percentage of white America no longer views racism as a moral failing and is willing to be associated with explicit white-identity politics.” That statement is pretty scary. It … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, Politics
Tagged alt-right, book reviews, Non-fiction, racism
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Autopsy of a Father- Pascale Kramer (translated from the French by Robert Bononno)
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “A kind of bottomless fear wrapped her in herself, and she wished she had never set foot in her father’s world again.” Ania and her son Théo came by train to her childhood home of Les … Continue reading
Posted in French Literature, World Literature
Tagged family dysfunction, immigration, racism, Xenophobia
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Pearl, MD: The Way West – Marie Bartlett
(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) The Way West, the second in the Pearl MD series, begins right where we were left off and is just as captivating. Pearl is a physician in the nineteenth-century. This was when women were not welcome … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Fiction, Our Best
Tagged book review, race relations, racism
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