““There is no more intimate act than play, even sex.” The internet responded: no one who has ever had good sex would ever say that, and there must be something seriously wrong with Sam.””
Have you ever read any of J. Trollope's novels? All set in England, with an acute sense of everyday life, describing the way you squeeze a tea bag against the inside of a cup or ...
"Here there is room, and time to think. There may even be money to spare."
Marian is in her 20s, lives with another young lady, has a nine-to-five office job and a boyfriend, soon to became her fiancé. He's handsome, well-paid, lives in an under work apartment, and usually talks to Marian as if she were his maid.
In this post-apocalyptic world, Stan and Charmaine live in their car, constantly on the look out for gangs or other weirdoes...
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Agnes is looking after her dying child, hoping his father will be back home from London before he passes away...
Great books are not about original or unheard-of stories but about characters and situations often met but described with an unusual insight that probes into your heart and feelings.
Even though I’m a genuine fan of Ian McEwan’s novels, I felt I couldn’t be drawn to his characters’ lives.
I can't but hear the name Martin Eden said with an Italian accent after the film by P. Marcello in 2019...