Why are we alive? Who am I? What’s the point of anything? If you have ever found yourself staring at the ceiling at 3 am considering these questions, welcome to the world of existentialism. Humans have been trying to find some semblance of life’s meaning for millennia, and novelists are…
Gladiator began my love affair with film. At 14 years old, I remember reciting Maximus Meridius’s immovable speech on the school bus, lifting my bum with the crescendo of the words, just as Maximus lifted his knee off the dusty colosseum floor.”My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the…
Oaxaca is a culinary hotspot in Mexico. It attracts both Mexicans and tourists alike, all of whom want to indulge in Mexico’s rich food culture. Not only can you find delicious traditional dishes but a whole array of experimental food and flavors. So, whether you are looking for a beautiful…
Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway I really really wanted to enjoy this book and I did…at times. Harkaway is clearly a talented writer and his humour was second to none. And yet I didn’t enjoy reading the novel.The writing is too self-indulgent for me to enjoy and the reading process feels…
As a half American, I have been visiting L.A once a year for the majority of my life but in all that time I have never been downtown. For some reason it had a bad reputation and when I would ask people about going there, it’s too dirty, there…
In September 2018, I decided to walk the Ridgway National trail. Having just quit my first job out of university and feeling less than inspired with the world, I thought a ‘walk’ would somehow open my eyes again to possibilities. And that’s exactly how I…
Mantel’s historic fiction manages to bring to life a period of history already swamped by decades of writing. Trying to create a fresh perspective on Henry VIIIs Tudor England seems an impossible task but her analytical narrative voice that floats between Cromwell and the omniscient, creates an anti-hero that consistently…
Stepping into the world of Woolf’s experimental narrative is both a gruelling and distinctly beautiful experience for the reader. Her use of prose balances on the precipice of poetry and transforms Clarissa Dalloway’s, perhaps prosaic party, into a puff pastry piece of fiction. And whether the process of reading does…
Alderman is no stranger to writing success and it seems her novel The Power is no exception. Winning Baileys, Women’s prize for fiction award 2017, this novel has been leaping off the shelves of every major book store in the nation. Based in a futuristic world, to our own but…
After a long night I eventually tumbled out of bed and decided to go visit the ‘Garden of Morning Calm’, with a name like that I was expecting this place to be beautiful. It’s a laborious 2 hour journey to get there from Hongdae, we get off at the wrong…