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‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’ Still Mystifies Half a Century Later

‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’ Still Mystifies Half a Century Later

Joan Lindsay plies the narrative with questions of female indignation, the emotional reserves which harbour the most poisonous sentiments liable to destroy any code of sisterhood honour.

In ‘Certain Women’, Class-Based Identities Are Contended with Under Montana’s Vast Icy Skies

In ‘Certain Women’, Class-Based Identities Are Contended with Under Montana’s Vast Icy Skies

A minor masterpiece, Certain Women is a profound meditation on the ways people temporarily buoy themselves from life's banalities, injustices, and disappointments.

Jhumpa Lahiri Boldly Takes on the Subject of Maternal Ambivalence