Category: Books

Women doing rather more than just talk

June 19, 2023

Women Talking by Miriam Toews, August 2018, Alfred A. Knopf Women Talking, [15], 2022, director Sarah Polley, scriptwriters Sarah Polley and Miriam Toews In both the film and book of this name, the women do rather more than just talk. Which is good, considering the horrors they’re facing. Yet you can’t help but sympathise deeply … More Women doing rather more than just talk

Demon Copperhead’s many houses offer no real home

June 11, 2023

Nineteenth century London and modern-day Appalachia don’t sound like they have much in common. After all, there’s two hundred years and several thousand miles between them, with different mores, linguistic idioms and politics only heightening the apparent differences. Yet Demon Copperhead shows how suffocating poverty works pretty much the same wherever it occurs, regardless of … More Demon Copperhead’s many houses offer no real home