‘Last Testament’ by Pope Benedict XVI with Peter Seewald: Book Review The Last Testament is the first book I have read concerning the writings of Pope Benedict XVI. I am so glad that I picked this wonderful and enlightening memoir to read. The Last Testament is probably one of the last interviews in a book form that Pope Benedict XVI will publish. It is very in-depth, … [Read more...] about ‘Last Testament’ by Pope Benedict XVI with Peter Seewald: Book Review
‘Old Friends’ by Shusaku Endo: Short Story Analysis
‘Old Friends’ by Shusaku Endo: Short Story Analysis ‘Old Friends’ by Shusaku Endo is a story centered around the tragedy of the Second World War in Japan and Poland. Endo was a convert to Roman Catholicism and a well-known novelist of a few books. In this story, he mentions about his returning from Poland, a place which was very much devastated by the Second World War … [Read more...] about ‘Old Friends’ by Shusaku Endo: Short Story Analysis
‘Mr. Know-All’ by William Somerset Maugham: Short Story Analysis
‘Mr. Know-All’ by William Somerset Maugham: Short Story Analysis ‘Mr. Know-All’ is a heart-rending story of a big talker who saved the marriage of a modest woman. The story is penned by one of my favorite short story writers, William Somerset Maugham. Maugham is a British writer of great repute and has had one of the most successful literary careers in the twentieth … [Read more...] about ‘Mr. Know-All’ by William Somerset Maugham: Short Story Analysis
‘A Life’ by Buddhadeva Bose: Short Story Analysis
‘A Life’ by Buddhadeva Bose: Short Story Analysis ‘A Life’ by the famous twentieth-century Bengali writer Buddhadeva Bose is the story of one man’s quest to write a dictionary of Bengali words. The man in question is Gurudas Bhattacharya Vachaspati, the senior-most teacher or professor of Sanskrit. The seed for the idea of the Bengali dictionary was sown the day he was … [Read more...] about ‘A Life’ by Buddhadeva Bose: Short Story Analysis
‘Seven Types of Atheism’ by John Gray: Book Review
Seven Types of Atheism by John Gray: Book Review Seven Types of Atheism is a book to decode what it really means to be an atheist and the different types of Atheism. In this book, you will encounter seven types of atheism which mostly emerge from monotheism and the Christian religion. John Gray has done a great job of slicing things down so that lay analyzers like me … [Read more...] about ‘Seven Types of Atheism’ by John Gray: Book Review