The Sinner by Tess Gerritsen: Book Review The Sinner is the third book in the Rizzoli and Isles series penned by Tess Gerritsen, an American novelist, and famous thriller writer. The novel is a medical crime thriller about the murder of a young twenty-one-year-old nun in a cloistered convent. Along with the young nun, a sixty-eight-year-old nun was also attacked brutally … [Read more...] about ‘The Sinner’ by Tess Gerritsen: Book Review
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‘Children are Bored on Sunday’ by Jean Stafford: Short Story Analysis
‘Children are Bored on Sunday’ by Jean Stafford: Short Story Analysis ‘Children are Bored on Sunday’ is the modernist realistic short story penned by American novelist, short story writer, and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, Jean Stafford. It narrates how two young people Emma and Alfred, the former a novice in everything intellectual and the latter a real intellectual, … [Read more...] about ‘Children are Bored on Sunday’ by Jean Stafford: Short Story Analysis
‘The Tryst’ by Joyce Carol Oates: Short Story Analysis
‘The Tryst’ by Joyce Carol Oates: Short Story Analysis ‘The Tryst’ is a post-modernist short story by highly acclaimed American writer, educationist, and winner of numerous awards, Joyce Carol Oates. ‘The Tryst’, which means keeping a private romantic rendezvous between lovers, is an ‘edge of your seat’ short story about two lovers, Annie and John. They misunderstand each … [Read more...] about ‘The Tryst’ by Joyce Carol Oates: Short Story Analysis
‘The Pilgrimage’ by William Maxwell: Short Story Analysis
‘The Pilgrimage’ by William Maxwell: Short Story Analysis ‘The Pilgrimage’ is a satirical modernist short story by American writer William Maxwell (better known in the USA as William Keepers Maxwell Jr.). This short story was penned by Maxwell in the year 1953 and satirized the way American tourists usually behave when they go on a holiday to a foreign locale, especially … [Read more...] about ‘The Pilgrimage’ by William Maxwell: Short Story Analysis
‘Snowfall in Childhood’ by Ben Hecht: Short Story Analysis
‘Snowfall in Childhood’ by Ben Hecht: Short Story Analysis ‘Snowfall in Childhood’ is a modernist coming of age short story penned by American literary and film personality Ben Hecht. The short story was written in 1934, a year after Adolf Hitler was made Chancellor of Germany. The story is about a young American boy of thirteen who discovers love in the form of a young … [Read more...] about ‘Snowfall in Childhood’ by Ben Hecht: Short Story Analysis