"Please gather up your belongings - you won't be returning to this flight.""But.. but... what did I do?" Professor Oon asked, suddenly feeling uneasy."Don't worry, you didn't do anything. But we need to get you off this plane now. (...) We are escorting you directly to Mount Elizabeth Hospital. You have been requested to attend... Continue Reading →
Book Review: ‘Nana’ by Emile Zola
“All of a sudden, in the good-natured child, the woman stood revealed, a disturbing woman with all the impulsive madness of her sex, opening the gates of the unknown world of desire. Nana was still smiling, but with the deadly smile of a man-eater.”Emile Zola, Nana Nana Coupeau was eighteen at the beginning of the... Continue Reading →
Book Review: ‘North and South’ by Elizabeth Gaskell
“Thinking has, many a time, made me sad, darling; but doing never did in all my life... My precept is, "Do something, my sister, do good if you can; but, at any rate, do something".”― Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South When we talk about novels set in the Victorian era written by female authors, Jane Austen and... Continue Reading →
Book review: ‘The Master and Margarita’ by Mikhail Bulgakov
“But would you kindly ponder this question: What would your good do if evil didn't exist, and what would the earth look like if all the shadows disappeared? After all, shadows are cast by things and people. Here is the shadow of my sword. But shadows also come from trees and living beings.Do you want... Continue Reading →