Book Review: The Magician.
[The following contains spoilers.] There is a lot of bad blood to W. Somerset Maugham’s The Magician (1908). If this …
Tag Archives: Literary criticism
Book Review: When the Edelweiss Flowers Flourish.
[The following contains spoilers.] Tychy has been given a gift: a new English translation of Begenas Sartov’s 1978 novel When …
Readings of Ringstones: Calmahain.
[Tychy has previously written about “A Christmas Story,” “Capra” and “The Khan.” Ed.] Sarban’s Ringstones and Other Curious Tales (1951) …
Book Review: If You Could See Me Now.
[The following contains spoilers.] There is no doubt that Miles Teagarden has been distilled from the psychic juices of his …
Book Review: Susan Hill’s Dolly.
[The following contains spoilers.] If Susan Hill remains nostalgic for the traditional English ghost story, she usually sets the coordinates …
Readings of Ringstones: The Khan.
Let us join Sarban at the Café Novin for a story. John William Wall wrote “The Khan” in the spring …
Book Review: Gone Girl.
[The following contains spoilers.] How should we go about reviewing Gillian Flynn’s latest “literary thriller” Gone Girl? Greta is one …
Short Story Review: Diving Belles.
[Tychy is nothing if not a writer and reviewer of short stories: this website to date features about eighty short …
Short Story Review: Couching at the Door.
[Tychy is nothing if not a writer and reviewer of short stories: this website to date features about eighty short …
Short Story Review: It’s Beginning to Hurt.
[Tychy is nothing if not a writer and reviewer of short stories: this website to date features about eighty short …
Book Review: Bring Up The Bodies.
The historical novel has remained a doubtful enterprise since Sir Walter Scott’s day. The reader of historical romances will be …
The Noctes Ambrosianae (18).
[SCENE: The Cuckoo’s Nest] James: Ah, Zbigniew. Glad you could make it. [He passes Biggy a bottle of Tyskie]. Tychy: …
Book Review: The Croning.
Don Miller, the protagonist of Laird Barron’s debut novel The Croning, may be dismayed by the “dense and convoluted pattern” …
Short Story Review: The Doll, Short Stories.
[Tychy is nothing if not a writer and reviewer of short stories: this website to date features about eighty short …
Book Review: Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca.
[The following contains spoilers.] Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca (1938) is often presumed to be a retelling of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane …
