Tag Archives: novellas
The Tale of the Unknown Island by Jose Saramago
There is an elegance to the simplicity of the story and the determination of the characters to go beyond the small world of their mundane existence; to seek uncharted waters and unknown islands despite everyone’s insistence that they do not exist. Continue reading
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
On of the millions of rather famous writers who I had never quite got around to reading was Ian McEwan. But when I saw his slim novel/novella On Chesil Beach for sale at a local library for a dollar I … Continue reading