The Lonely City(?) or lonely in a city?

“Cities can be lonely places, and in admitting this we see that loneliness doesn’t necessarily require physical solitude, but rather an absence or paucity of connection, closeness, kinship: an inability, for one reason or another, […]

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Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami

Breasts and eggs- an exploration of a woman’s body asks a lot of questions, as it narrates the story of Natsuko-the main protagonist of Meiko Kawakami’s novel. The book is divided into two parts. Part […]

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How to stay sane in an age of division by Elif Shafak- Need of the hour

The time I read my first Shafak it felt like being hit by this wave of writing and mysticism that washed me over. Gasping and drenched by this wave I was left a new person […]

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