Island – Reads A Lot

Contemporary Colonialism in “Red Island House” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsMarch 23, 2021 by Malavika Praseed

[ad_1] To believe colonialism is a relic of the past is as absurd as believing we live in a post-racial society. This is one of the lessons learned in Andrea Lee’s Red Island House, a novel set in the villages and on the beaches of Madagascar. Reading this book reminded me at times of the … Read more

The Open Space of Uncertainty in “Rabbit Island” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsFebruary 14, 2021 by Kat Solomon

[ad_1] “For me, ghosts are never the spirits of strangers. They are the people I love most dearly,” confesses the narrator of one of the stories in Elvira Navarro’s collection Rabbit Island. Translated from the Spanish by Christina MacSweeney, these stories often cross the line between delusion and reality, constructs that in Navarro’s hands prove … Read more