"The truth is: I do not know... I seek... I have not yet found. Only with this in mind can I feel alive and look at you without shame." Federico Fellini, 8 1/2
Madness and melancholy await a small group of "friends" who stalk another at a sleepy, limbo-like resort, their strange desire to bring her into their group, for reasons unknown, leaves you just as manically enticed as bewildered. In sheer Duras fashion, the reader is left to surmise the goings on whilst slowly becoming a part of whatever psyco-fever has plagued the guests. ~ Reviewed by Alex Bell
Duras's dark delirious dream into the male/female relationship is a short, stunning read. Probing and at times mysterious, Malady is a fleeting, poetic tale about the human capacity to love. ~ Reviewed by Alex Bell
Enriched in detail, lush with characterization, Mozley hits it out of the park again. A tale as haunting as her debut, even without a traditional gothic setting. And a soul-stirring ending I won't soon forget. ~ Reviewed by Alex Bell
Wrought with moral dilemmas on love, marriage and family, Henkin's new novel explores the complex intimacies of growing up and aging; wondering in hindsight if you're making and have made the right choices for your own life and for those you love the most. Infinitely empathetic, Morningside Heights reminds you just how finite our lives are, and how important everyone in it is, even those we feel we may have abandoned. ~ Reviewed by Alex Bell
Lepore manages a stunning performance on a history that, as she mentions, is far too grand to tell in any one book, if at all. A cacophony of voices echo waves of political change, social upheavals, where something is acknowledged, an understanding or truth, perhaps, that throughout our country's nearly 250 year history American's have remained stubbornly consistent, and that what's past isn't necessarily prologue, but both present and future. ~ Reviewed by Alex Bell
