Counterpoint

The Truth About Lou: A (Necessary) Fiction

By Angela von der Lippe - Published 2006

Genres:

Literary

In late 19th-century Germany, the passionate Louise “Lou” Salomé, writer, seeker, and friend to Nietzsche, Freud and Prague poet Rilke sought a utopian ...Read Review

Souvenir of Cold Springs

By Kitty Burns Florey - Published 2001

Genres:

Literary

The old saying “The more things change, the more they stay the same” often came to mind while reading this compelling and poignant ...Read Review

Jigsaw

By Sybille Bedford - Published 2001

Genres:

Biographical FictionLiterary

The second volume of Bedford’s fictional memoirs uses present tense flash imagery, a focusing of the craft since The Legacy. The dense ...Read Review

A Legacy

By Sybille Bedford - Published 2001

Genres:

Literary

The intelligent voice utters profound truths while unmasking secrets of the family and by extension, the German psyche. The persecution of cadet Johannes ...Read Review

A Student of Weather

By Elizabeth Hay - Published 2000Published 2001

Genres:

AdventureRomance

Maurice Dove, a botanist and student of weather, journeys from Ottawa to rural Saskatchewan in the mid-1930s to analyze the climate of ...Read Review

Jayber Crow

By Wendell Berry - Published 2000

Genres:

Literary

Wandering into a TV version of this, you might be tempted to switch straight over – that would be a pity. Jayber Crow’s ...Read Review

Deus Lo Volt! Chronicle of the Crusades

By Evan S. Connell - Published 2000

Genres:

Literary

We are transported by author Evan S. Connell to the two centuries of human existence – from 1095 to 1289 – more enmired in the blood of ...Read Review

Deus Lo Volt! Chronicle of the Crusades

By Evan S. Connell - Published 2000

Genres:

AdventureMilitary

We are transported by author Evan S. Connell to the two centuries of human existence – from 1095 to 1289 – more enmired in the blood of ...Read Review