Moral Disorder and Other Stories
Author: Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood is acknowledged as one of the foremost writers of our time. In Moral Disorder she has created a series of interconnected stories that trace the course of a life and also the lives intertwined with it–those of parents, of siblings, of children, of friends, of enemies, of teachers, and even of animals. As in a photograph album, time is measured in sharp, cle….Read More
11 Books Similar to Moral Disorder and Other Stories
Bluebeard’s Egg
In this acclaimed collection of twelve stories, Margaret Atwood probes the territory of childhood memories and the casual cruelty men and women inflict upon each other and themselves. She looks… Continue Reading Posted in: Bluebeard (Legendary Character), Canadian Fiction, Literary Criticism & Theory, Short Stories
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Things have never been easy for Oscar, a sweet but disastrously overweight, lovesick Dominican ghetto nerd. From his home in New Jersey, where he lives with his old-world mother and… Continue Reading Posted in: Contemporary Literature & Fiction, Dominican Americans, Fiction, Hispanic American Literature & Fiction, New Jersey
The Robber Bride
This is the wise, unsettling, drastic story of three women whose lives share a common wound: Zenia, a woman they first met as university students in the sixties. Zenia is… Continue Reading Posted in: English Fiction, Female Friendship, Fiction In English Canadian Writers 1945 1999 Texts
When We Were Orphans
Man Booker Prize Nominee (2000)England, 1930s. Christopher Banks has become the country's most celebrated detective, his cases the talk of London society. Yet one unsolved crime has always haunted him;… Continue Reading Posted in: Asian American Literature, British & Irish Literary Fiction, Death, Detective And Mystery Stories, Detectives
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou's seven volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a black woman… Continue Reading Posted in: African American Women Authors, Literary Criticism & Theory, Maya Biographies, Negroes: Angelou, Racial Bias, Southern U.S. Biographies
Song of Solomon
‘Song of Solomon…profoundly changed my life’ Marlon JamesMacon ‘Milkman’ Dead was born shortly after a neighbourhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain attempt at flight. For the… Continue Reading Posted in: Caribbean Area, Family, Fiction In English
Murder in the Dark: A paranormal mystery
The sudden appearance of a sinister black hole in the English countryside leads to a baffling murder investigation for Ishmael Jones. ,"The past is England's dreaming, and not all of… Continue Reading Posted in: Fantasy, Mystery, Science Fiction
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.