Over the past five weeks, here at the Culture section we have dedicated our time to giving you a detailed look at the 2016 shortlist for The Man Booker Prize. At the very least, this year’s selection has been a mixed bag: some are awe-inspiring and others are, well, awful. And with that, it is […]
Do Not Say We Have Nothing explores the tumultuous events of China’s cultural revolution in the twentieth century through the eyes of an extended family, whose members spread across three generations and over seventy years. The vast scope of history and suffering that Madeleine Thien tackles is difficult to comprehend, but she overcomes this through […]
Born off the back of a desire to rake in the dollar, as Moshfegh candidly admits in an interview with The Guardian, Eileen tells the tale of a lovelorn misfit trapped in suburban New England, imprisoned by the demands of an increasingly erratic and alcoholic father. The sense of suffocation this breeds is compounded by […]