Archive - Books on GIF

'Middlemarch' by George Eliot

'The business was felt to be so public and important that it required dinners to feed it, and many invitations were just then issued and accepted on the…

Sep 11, 2023 •

'James' by Percival Everett

'Maybe you won't be a slave, but you won't be free.'—Review #250

Feb 16

'Lapvona' by Ottessa Moshfegh

'What good was a life of struggle with no guarantee of heaven?'—Review #220

Nov 5, 2023

Three Books You Can Finish in a Day or Two

'Pedro Páramo' by Juan Rulfo, 'Pisti, 80 Rue de Belleville' by Estelle Hoy and 'The Employees' by Olga Ravn—Review #233

Jun 9, 2024 •

'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Brontë

'I could not, in those days, see God for His creature: of whom I had made an idol.'—Review #255

Apr 27

'The Little Friend' by Donna Tartt

'At one time, she was very sure; the idea had felt right, and that was the important thing.'—Review #224

Jan 21, 2024 •

'Nightwood' by Djuna Barnes

'Love becomes the deposit of the heart, analogous in all degrees to the "findings" in a tomb.'—Review #231

Apr 28, 2024 •

'A Month in the Country' by J. L. Carr

The restorative powers of art and community animate this novel that's perfect for short-book summer.—Review #234

Jun 23, 2024

'The Secret History' by Donna Tartt

'Could I trust any of them, really, when it came right down to it?'—Review #177

Jan 16, 2022 •

'The Black Prince' by Iris Murdoch

Books on GIF turns 8; to celebrate, here's a novel by one of my favorite authors.—Review #232

May 12, 2024 •

'Carmilla' by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

'You must come with me, loving me, to death; or else hate me and still come with me, hating me through death and after.'—Review #219

Oct 22, 2023

'Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography' by Zora Neale Hurston

'A wind full of memories blew out of the past and brought a chilling fog.'—Review #225

Feb 4, 2024 •

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