Tag: Book Review

• No Longer Human (人間失格, Ningen Shikkaku)

  1948 | Osamu Dazai No Longer Human is a study of the clinically depressed mind, a journey into the deepest depths of despair. The protagonist Oba Yozo is tragic in… read more

  

• The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer

  1990 | Jennifer Lynch I usually don’t read books based on films or television series, but after re-watching Twin Peaks, including Fire Walk With Me and The Return, I just… read more

  

• The Art of War (孫子兵法)

  Sun Tzu, English translation by Thomas Cleary The Art of War is a Chinese classic on warfare and strategy, written over two thousand years ago, that has been celebrated in… read more

  

• Tao Te Ching (道德經)

  Laozi, Swedish translation by Stefan Stenudd Somewhere in the intersection between philosophical and religious texts, there’s the Tao Te Ching. A central text to both philosophical and religious Taoism, and… read more

  

• The Picture of Dorian Gray

  1891 | Oscar Wilde I’ve been meaning to read The Picture of Dorian Gray for a long time. For years, I’ve heard good things about this book, and I’m never… read more