by Charles LaForge | Feb 27, 2022 | In Culture
“The Bell Jar” is a novel by American poet Sylvia Plath that was first published in 1963. The novel tells the story of Esther Greenwood, a young woman in her early twenties, who is interning for a fashion magazine in New York City during the summer of...
by Charles LaForge | Feb 23, 2022 | In Culture
“Norwegian Wood” is a novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami that was first published in 1987. The novel follows the story of Toru Watanabe, a college student in Tokyo in the 1960s, as he navigates his way through a tumultuous period in his life marked...
by Charles LaForge | Feb 18, 2022 | In Culture
“A Long Way Down” by Nick Hornby is a novel that explores the themes of depression and suicide through the experiences of four strangers who meet on the rooftop of a high-rise building on New Year’s Eve, each intending to end their own lives. The...
by Charles LaForge | Feb 14, 2022 | In Culture
“Turtles All the Way Down” is a novel written by John Green and was published in 2017. The book revolves around the story of a sixteen-year-old girl named Aza Holmes who struggles with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and anxiety. The story takes place...
by Charles LaForge | Feb 12, 2022 | In Culture
“The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression” is a comprehensive exploration of the subject of depression and suicide by Andrew Solomon. Published in 2001, the book draws from Solomon’s personal experiences with depression, as well as extensive...
