Narrative – Reads A Lot

Translating Narrative Tension in “Traces of Boots on Tongue” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsNovember 8, 2022 by Malavika Praseed

[ad_1] When an occupation has ended, what do we have left? Traces of Boots on Tongue: And Other Stories addresses the question in micro and macro forms, within the narratives of the story, and in a broader sense of time and place. Set in the early years of independent India, this short story collection delves … Read more

A Fantastical and Mesmerizing Narrative in Yelena Moskovich’s “A Door Behind a Door” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsMay 19, 2021 by Kat Solomon

[ad_1] Yelena Moskovich’s third novel A Door Behind a Door is a phantasmagoria about immigration, death, and queer desire with a plot that defies easy description. It centers on a young immigrant in Milwaukee named Olga. When Olga was a baby back in the Soviet Union, a boy in her apartment building stabbed an old … Read more