Category: Allegory

The Empusium – Olga Tokarczuk

Posted on February 26, 2025 by

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READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Jodie Mieczysław, a student suffering from tuberculosis, arrives at the Wilhelm Opitz’s Guesthouse for Gentlemen but discovers there are many mysterious goings on, involving deaths, misogyny and the occult. Set in a Polish sanatorium in 1913, The Empusium blends horror,… Continue Reading “The Empusium – Olga Tokarczuk”

Category: Allegory, Experimental fiction, Female Experience, Feminism, Gothic, Historical Fiction, Horror, Humour, Literary fiction, Mthyical/folklore, Philosophical, Political, Psychological, Queer, Satire, Surreal, TranslatedTags:

Orbital – Samantha Harvey

Posted on November 2, 2024 by

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READ FOR BOOKERTHON One day in the life of six astronauts in a space station, hurtling around earth 16 times. They admire and ponder life from afar, considering humanity from the Big Bang, current environmental crises through to thoughts on where humanity might end… Continue Reading “Orbital – Samantha Harvey”

Category: Allegory, Booker Prize, Existentialist, Literary fiction

Stone Yard Devotional – Charlotte Wood

Posted on October 25, 2024 by

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READ FOR BOOKERTHON A grieving, unnamed narrator attends a spiritual retreat at a convent, departs and returns again with no plan of leaving. As an atheist she is committed to giving back through hard work rather than praying. Set over Covid, the narrator finds… Continue Reading “Stone Yard Devotional – Charlotte Wood”

Category: Allegory, Australian author, Literary fiction

James – Percival Everett

Posted on October 19, 2024 by

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READ FOR BOOKERTHON A re-imagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, but told from the point of view of the slave, Jim, or James as he prefers to be called in this book. James escapes his owner when he hears he is to be… Continue Reading “James – Percival Everett”

Category: Allegory, Literary fiction, US fiction

Hamnet – Maggie O’Farrell

Posted on October 11, 2024 by

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READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Suzy Set in the 1580s, this book is about Shakespeare and the events that led to him writing the play Hamlet. It is told not from his point of view, but from that of his wife, who is left in… Continue Reading “Hamnet – Maggie O’Farrell”

Category: Allegory, Literary fiction, UK author

The Fish – Lloyd Jones

Posted on March 15, 2023 by

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READ FOR NZ BOOK AWARDS 2023 A baby is born to a young, single mother in a caravan park, suffering from an unnamed condition which earns him the name the Fish. The story of the Fish, and the family’s shame and secrets are narrated… Continue Reading “The Fish – Lloyd Jones”

Category: Allegory, Family drama, Kiwi lit, Literary fiction, NZ Book Awards

The Plague – Albert Camus

Posted on November 25, 2008 by

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READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Rachel The story of an Algerian city swept by a plague. The plague begins as a series of portents, unheeded by the people, and gradually becomes an omnipresent reality, obliterating all traces of the past and driving its victims… Continue Reading “The Plague – Albert Camus”

Category: Absurdist, Allegory, Classic literature, Existentialist, Faith & Religion, Literary fiction, Philosophical, Political, Psychological, TranslatedTags:

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