The Vanishing Half
Twin sisters split as one lives Black and one passes as white.
1,971-word summary · 9 min read
Tag: literary
6 books with this tag.
The Secret History
A California outsider joins six classics students whose Greek rite ends in murder.
2,735-word summary · 12 min read
Room
Five year old Jack narrates life with Ma in an 11 foot locked room.
1,960-word summary · 9 min read
The Road
A father and son walk through ash America with a cart and a pistol, repeating carry the fire.
3,243-word summary · 14 min read
The Goldfinch
Theo Decker steals a Dutch painting after a museum blast kills his mother, then drifts through guilt and crime.
3,924-word summary · 17 min read
Lolita
Humbert Humbert confesses his obsession with Dolores Haze and the road trip that ruins them.
2,706-word summary · 12 min read