Tag: World Literature
-
Koushun Takami: Battle Royale
Suzanne Collins is probably tired of repeating she has never heard of Battle Royale (published in 1999) before she wrote her – in many ways – version of it. It is not to say the Hunger Games is a rip off of Battle Royale, but it is hard to not compare them as the idea…
-
Artur Domos?awski: Ryszard Kapu?ci?ski: A Life
There are not many as disappointing things in life as finding out that someone whose work you’ve always admired was not an impeccable, godlike figure, but a deeply flawed human being. Suddenly it’s down to us to judge if we can overlook these flaws or if we find them utterly unforgivable. This is a decision…