Kit TeguhDo books matter in a distracted time? Lost Art of Reading by David L. UlinBooks have been making a comeback lately and believe me that this is a good thing. At the same time, we are living in a world where content…18h ago18h ago
Kit TeguhKindling uncomfortable questions about us. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng.For a book that’s been published in the last ten years, I can’t remember a book cover more iconic than Ng’s Little Fires Everywhere. The…3d ago3d ago
Kit TeguhZen? What Zen? On not finding too much Zen in Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.Pirsig, convinced that this was his life’s work, used to work on this manuscript between the hours of 2 to 8 in the morning before he…4d ago4d ago
Kit TeguhA Woman of a Great Deal of Fucking Importance.You think James Bond is badass? Well, let me tell you about Virginia Hall. No, I did not know anything about Virginia Hall before a friend…Nov 8Nov 8
Kit TeguhThe hidden world of paper flowers. On V.C. Andrews’s Flowers in the Attic.I struggle to think a more fucked up book that I’ve read in my life. Naked Lunch? Sure, Burroughs’s work is nightmare fuel and bits of it…Nov 4Nov 4
Kit TeguhLost in the world of double moons and Little People. 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami.At the core of it, Murakami’s 1Q84 is about that moment which takes a great deal of courage which might in the off chance change…Oct 30Oct 30
Kit TeguhHemingway being a man’s man writing about men’s men. On Men Without Women.All in all, there are fourteen stories in Hemingway’s Men Without Women, and some of them (surprise, surprise) actually have women in them…Oct 24Oct 24
Kit Teguh*Shakespearean Facepalm* Reading Shakespeare’s The Two Gentlemen of VeronaYeah look. When you’ve published dozens of plays, some of them are probably gonna be a bit dogshit. That’s a bit harsh actually, as The Two…Oct 20Oct 20
Kit TeguhOn the savage follies of youth in Stendhal’s The Charterhouse of ParmaWhen you look at it from the outset, The Charterhouse of Parma is a messy, messy book, messier than your average five year old birthday…Oct 13Oct 13
Kit TeguhThe idiot who’s smarter than you. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes.“Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from…Oct 6Oct 6
