Hero": A Novel Exploring Female Agency and Societal Expectations
Katie Buckley's debut novel, "Hero," follows a waitress and aspiring writer who, faced with a week-long ultimatum from her boyfriend, revisits past relationships and explores the impact of patriarchal myths and societal expectations on women's lives, challenging traditional female archetypes and nar...
Hero": A Novel Exploring Female Agency and Societal Expectations
Katie Buckley's debut novel, "Hero," follows a waitress and aspiring writer who, faced with a week-long ultimatum from her boyfriend, revisits past relationships and explores the impact of patriarchal myths and societal expectations on women's lives, challenging traditional female archetypes and nar...
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20% Bias Score
Trapped in a Simulated Reality: Peter Terrin's "Nog lang geen winter
Peter Terrin's "Nog lang geen winter" follows Simon, who discovers he's trapped in a simulated reality created by Quantum Entertainments after a failed three-week immersive experience following the death of his ex-wife, Carla; the narrative unravels through strange events and a large sum of money de...
Trapped in a Simulated Reality: Peter Terrin's "Nog lang geen winter
Peter Terrin's "Nog lang geen winter" follows Simon, who discovers he's trapped in a simulated reality created by Quantum Entertainments after a failed three-week immersive experience following the death of his ex-wife, Carla; the narrative unravels through strange events and a large sum of money de...
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40% Bias Score
Brain Rot" Named 2024 Word of the Year: Literary Fiction as a Cognitive Countermeasure
Oxford University Press named "Brain Rot", the decline in mental capacity from excessive trivial online content, as its 2024 Word of the Year; the article advocates for reading literary fiction to improve cognitive skills and counteract this trend, offering specific book recommendations.
Brain Rot" Named 2024 Word of the Year: Literary Fiction as a Cognitive Countermeasure
Oxford University Press named "Brain Rot", the decline in mental capacity from excessive trivial online content, as its 2024 Word of the Year; the article advocates for reading literary fiction to improve cognitive skills and counteract this trend, offering specific book recommendations.
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48% Bias Score
Sarah Jessica Parker to Judge 2025 Booker Prize
Actress Sarah Jessica Parker will judge the 2025 Booker Prize, bringing her star power and publishing experience to the prestigious literary award, a move praised for potentially expanding its audience.
Sarah Jessica Parker to Judge 2025 Booker Prize
Actress Sarah Jessica Parker will judge the 2025 Booker Prize, bringing her star power and publishing experience to the prestigious literary award, a move praised for potentially expanding its audience.
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44% Bias Score
Mothers and Sons" Explores Trauma, Empathy, and Societal Responsibility
Adam Haslett's "Mothers and Sons" explores the strained relationship between a lawyer representing asylum seekers and his estranged mother, a counselor, as they confront past traumas and the emotional burdens of their respective professions, highlighting themes of healing, empathy, and societal resp...
Mothers and Sons" Explores Trauma, Empathy, and Societal Responsibility
Adam Haslett's "Mothers and Sons" explores the strained relationship between a lawyer representing asylum seekers and his estranged mother, a counselor, as they confront past traumas and the emotional burdens of their respective professions, highlighting themes of healing, empathy, and societal resp...
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16% Bias Score
Wackelkontakt": Interwoven Narratives of Deception and Healing
Wolf Haas's "Wackelkontakt" uses interwoven narratives of a grief counselor, Escher, and a mafioso, Marko Steiner, to explore themes of deception, identity, and healing, mirroring the act of assembling a puzzle.
Wackelkontakt": Interwoven Narratives of Deception and Healing
Wolf Haas's "Wackelkontakt" uses interwoven narratives of a grief counselor, Escher, and a mafioso, Marko Steiner, to explore themes of deception, identity, and healing, mirroring the act of assembling a puzzle.
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16% Bias Score
Dark Academia and Occult Manipulation in "And He Shall Appear
Kate van der Borgh's "And He Shall Appear" follows a nameless music student at an unspecified Cambridge college who becomes involved with the occult practices of his manipulative classmate, Bryn Cavendish, leading to unsettling events and blurred realities years later.
Dark Academia and Occult Manipulation in "And He Shall Appear
Kate van der Borgh's "And He Shall Appear" follows a nameless music student at an unspecified Cambridge college who becomes involved with the occult practices of his manipulative classmate, Bryn Cavendish, leading to unsettling events and blurred realities years later.
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48% Bias Score
Imaginary Books Exhibit Blurs Reality and Fiction
The Grolier Club in Manhattan hosts Reid Byers's Imaginary Books exhibit until February 15th, displaying 113 fictional books, including lost works and books from literature, blurring the line between reality and fiction through physical replicas.
Imaginary Books Exhibit Blurs Reality and Fiction
The Grolier Club in Manhattan hosts Reid Byers's Imaginary Books exhibit until February 15th, displaying 113 fictional books, including lost works and books from literature, blurring the line between reality and fiction through physical replicas.
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12% Bias Score