Time as Fetter and Bridge in “Habilis” – Chicago Review of Books

Time as Fetter and Bridge in “Habilis” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] In her insightful and ambitious debut novel, Habilis, Alyssa Quinn takes us on a destabilizing journey through the experiences of several beings by means of a single, muddled existence, illustrating the connectedness of all life and challenging the notion of a discoverable, and inherently meaningful, point of human origin. Through techniques and analyses both … Read more

A Bridge Between Now and Then in “Burning Roses” – Chicago Review of Books

A Bridge Between Now and Then in “Burning Roses” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] In Burning Roses, S. L. Huang treats a fairy tale as merely the prologue to the rest of a life. We meet Little Red Riding Hood, Rosa, as an older woman already looking back on her life. The famous encounter with the wolf at her grandmother’s house is long behind her—far from the guiltless … Read more