Holocaust Literature

"Unmasking Creativity" dives into Eliza and Her Monsters with keen insight, exploring the delicate balance between online personas and real-life struggles. A reflective look at art, identity, and vulnerability.

Exploring Satire and Society in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels and A Modest Proposal delves into Swift's sharp wit, revealing how his biting satire exposes the absurdities and injustices of 18th-century society with enduring relevance.

Guarding Stories: a measured look at The Librarian of Auschwitz — a spare, humane portrait of courage and memory. The review explores how small acts of preservation resist oblivion without sentimentalizing suffering.

Elizabeth Eulberg's The Lonely Hearts Club delicately unravels the complexities of friendship and hidden truths. With heartfelt prose, it captures teen vulnerabilities, weaving secrets into a poignant coming-of-age tale.

Reading these essays felt like sitting across from a clever, impatient friend — often witty, sometimes unsettling. I liked how they nudged my assumptions, leaving me amused, a little uneasy, and oddly engaged.

I finished Presumed Innocent still turning details over; Turow's pacing kept me tense, and the moral gray areas lingered. Not flawless, but a gripping legal maze that made me rethink certainty.

I reread Beastly and was surprised how much it landed — Flinn's YA fairytale voice feels immediate, the characters are messy and believable, and the emotional beats stuck with me.

In "Exploring Endurance and Artistry in Murakami's Running Memoir," readers journey through the author's reflective stride-a fusion of disciplined training and poetic introspection that captures the essence of both marathon and mind.