Dance First, the samuel beckett biopic that made me want to write first instead
The casting of Gabriel Byrne and Fionn O’Shea (playing him in his later and earlier days, respectively) was sound, they afforded him the necessary nuance to be perceived beyond the facsimile of writer, womaniser, depressive.
Book review: A room called earth
A Room Called Earth is a book that I could call home while I read it. I slipped off all my protective layers, let the mask fall, and felt entirely safe and held by this satisfyingly singular story where a woman just exists, as she is, for the entire thing. The character’s state of being is neither good nor bad, but it felt so eerily unattainable to me that I longed to stay closer to her beyond the pages her story spanned.
Book Review: An American Marriage
In a love story, we want it to be obvious that one partner is the ‘right‘ one. We are looking for signs and hundred percents and proof of destiny; this book gives you none of those things and is all the better for refusing to do so.