Tag: haunting

Book Review: Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin (1956)

March 5, 2017

Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin My Rating: 5 of 5 Stars ‘Those who love from a distance are not seduced by lust.’ Thus crooned a honeyed, longing voice I happened to hear two days back. Perhaps the essence was expressed before; in manifold arrangement of words, in wavy placement of multiple strings. But sometimes, something … More Book Review: Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin (1956)

Book Review: Satantango by László Krasznahorkai (1985)

January 6, 2016

Satantango by László Krasznahorkai My Rating: 5 of 5 stars For a rainbow-chaser and flower-collector, satan-tango is not exactly the kind of event to spend an many evenings on. The brightness is pleasing odour and the not-so-brightness is forever under verdict. But there I stayed; lurking under the disturbing, frequently tingling, always jagging edges of … More Book Review: Satantango by László Krasznahorkai (1985)