Literary Radar
Articles, book reviews, literary critiques and journalistic reports around books on local and international media.
How “Peanuts” Created a Space for Thinking | The New Yorker | 6/08/2019
Charles Schulz's beloved comic strip invited readers to contemplate the big picture on a small scale.
...Why You Should Read Children’s Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise by Katherine Rundell – review | The Guardian | 5/08/2019
Katherine Rundell's hymn to the energising brilliance of children's literature is subtle and persuasive.
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The Literal (and Figurative) Whiteness of Moby Dick | Lit Hub | 1/08/2019
For Herman Melville, the color white could be horrifyingly bleak.
...What Do Kurt Vonnegut, Vladimir Nabokov and Nora Ephron Have in Common? | The New York Times | 29/07/2019
Sometimes they were famous, sometimes they were just starting out, but over the years, many of the biggest names in literature have reviewed books for The New York Times.
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A Stubborn and Sturdy Love in the Letters of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald | The New York Times | 23/07/2019
Various versions of the famous couple in the literature world have been published over the years, but "Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda" claims to contain the fullest collection of Zelda's side of the correspondence.
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10 Books By African Women Rewriting History | Electric Lit | 23/07/2019
Authors from across the continent reimagine the pasts of their home countries.
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