Brianna Di Monda – Reads A Lot

The Law of Desire in “Getting Lost” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsSeptember 27, 2022 by Brianna Di Monda

[ad_1] During the year I lived in France, I read Annie Ernaux insatiably. For months, I returned to the library to get her books, one copy after another. Faced with the loneliness of living abroad, I threw myself into reading. Into Ernaux. I liked the way she juxtaposed a detached style with intimate stories. Those … Read more

The Art of Dying in “Aurelia, Aurélia” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsMarch 4, 2022 by Brianna Di Monda

[ad_1] Maybe it’s odd to compare your husband’s cancer diagnosis to the plot of Lost. Maybe it’s odd to recognize the absurdity of death’s first partial hold on us in the structure of a television show. Yet this is precisely what Kathryn Davis does in her memoir: she sees that “the system governing [cancer’s] bestowal … Read more