Category: 6.5

Rather than attempt a comprehensive review of 867 pages in two minutes, my goal is to provide, what I would consider, an accurate and succinct representation of the novel. So for all of the people who think of Anna Karenina as a “Russian tragedy”- this is for you.  Given the page length, it’s not surprising that the novel isn’t commonly…

As many of you know, I rarely know anything about a book before I start it; this was an exception. The friend who gave me The Book of Longings prefaced its subject, a subject that might have kept me from giving the book a chance had it not come recommended. If anything, this experience convinces me to continue my habit of…