“The City and Its Uncertain Walls” begins with a young nameless couple. The story truly starts when the girl disappears and the boy, now a middle-aged man, decides to unravel the mystery of the walled city she once spoke of.
Book Review: The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami
5 Autofiction Novels I Want to Read Next
If you’ve never come across the term ‘autofiction’ before or if you don’t quite know what it means, I have a previous post on What is Autofiction? You can read it here.
In summary, autofiction combines autobiography with fiction. Autofiction is a fictionalized version of the author’s life, or memoir.
Book Review: The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
“The Creative Act: A Way of Being” is a book about embodying creativity, and is written by world-renowned music producer Rick Rubin.
Book Review: Bluets by Maggie Nelson
“Bluets” is a book of lyrical, meditative fragments or vignettes on the colour blue intermingled with Maggie Nelson’s feelings of love, sadness, and despair.
Book Review: Freedom Is a Constant Struggle by Angela Y. Davis
“Freedom Is a Constant Struggle” is a book of collected interviews and speeches by Angela Davis, published a decade ago but still insanely prevalent in today’s society. Davis collects her talks about the importance of intersectionality, freedom for Palestine, the voices of black feminists, and the prison abolitionist movement.
What is Autofiction? (5 Autofiction Novels To Read)
In the last few years, but especially in the last two decades, autofiction has garnered much attention and criticism. Some people absolutely love the style and others completely loathe it.
Love it or hate it, it’s a practice many authors engage in when they first begin to write, and return to, once they master their writing.