Of course there is Gatsby, but this book is evocative and harrowing in its own right.

Amok and Other Stories is so beautifully tragic. He appeals to the romantic in all of us. Yes, these four stories are tragic, but to some that is how life is. The protagonists in these stories love without regret or even encouragement; they love with a blind devotion that solely gives them purpose and when that object is taken away or goes away, there is no purpose. Zweig captures the anxiety and desperation of their emotions with such a light touch, it only makes us see them as sad and beautifu

Galeano lifts us up on the shoulders of his work so we look back at what lies behind us, at what we have forgotten. He illuminates the mythical and the poetic, the carnal and the sensual, the heroic and the tragic with a sense of honesty, morality, horror and compassion. He asks us to question our idea of history and our responsibility in creating a new one. And this is what elevates Galeano to the upper echelon of world literature, and more importantly, global citizenship. Mirrors is a masterpiece.

Ten terse stories that unveil the vulnerabilities and flaws in the most initmate of relationships. You will NOT forget the title story. Short stories full of substance and insight, I was mad when it ended!

Mostly exposition, we go through an intense and unforgiving journey of self-introspection of Leda, a divorcee and professor in her mid-forties. This is an interior monologue that is like a long road trip through a third world country and viewing all its squalor and beauty. Hooked me immediately.