Grand, Transcendent Love in “Ridgerunner” – Chicago Review of Books

Grand, Transcendent Love in “Ridgerunner” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] A loner on the run is a Western literary genre trope, but Toronto poet and novelist Gil Adamson transforms it wholly in Ridgerunner, the follow-up to her debut novel, The Outlander. While the first book is a character study of nineteen-year-old Mary Boulton, a woman on the run from her brothers-in-law after she murders … Read more

Generational Trauma and Reconciliation in “Transcendent Kingdom” – Chicago Review of Books

Generational Trauma and Reconciliation in “Transcendent Kingdom” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] It is said that no two people ever read the same book. Our personal history goes a long way in determining the points of references that resonate with us in a story. This is especially true for my time with Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi, since so much of what resonates with me about … Read more