Books, Fiction

Franz Kafka’s “Metamorphosis”

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After many years, I had the chance to reread Kafka’s Metamorphosis. When I first encountered the piece, I was enthralled by the thought experiment Kafka pursued in the story. What if you wake up in the morning and you have turned into a little bug, but you still have your full consciousness? You can [Read More]
Books

Middlesex

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In October 2012, I started reading Middlesex. It did not know until I started this book that a certain percentage of people are neither fully male nor female. It is the story of a Greek family immigrating and then making a life in America after World War 1 to current times. I found the initial [Read More]
Books, Fiction

The Great Gatsby

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What a great book! It is short enough that you can read it in one day. I recommend that you set aside a Sunday and get rapped at in this marvelous piece of American fiction.  F. Scott Fitzgerald is a masterful writer. His prose is a bit reminiscent of Joseph Roth. He sets up a image [Read More]
Books, Fiction

The Postman

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I received The Postman as a birthday present, fittingly in the mail. I felt obliged to start reading it. After a while it dawned on me that I encountered the plot before in a movie, which I had found terribly disappointing. It walked out of the theatre and wen to dinner early. But the book image [Read More]