ISSUE THREE: NON-FICTION
Featuring pieces by Lauren Powdrell, Jonny Ignacio, Sarah Henderson, Millicent Stott, Lucy Lloyd and Alexander Cohen.
‘The sun always has ways to reach us’: Contact in Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun
Sarah discusses the significance of ‘contact’ in Klara and the Sun and the questions that Ishiguro raises.
On Art and Being: Wim Wenders, Rainer Maria Rilke and Iris Murdoch
Alexander examines the significance of Wim Wenders, Rainer Maria Rilke and Iris Murdoch.
Out of Touch: The Effects of Elitism on Mainstream Literature
Lucy discusses the effects of elitism on the literary world and how changes in literature and its distribution must take place.
Colonial Contact: Pigafetta’s Report on the First Voyage Around the World as Travel Narrative
As 2021 marks the 500th-year anniversary of the voyage, Jonny takes us through Magnellan’s circumnavigation as told in Pigafetta’s travel narrative.
Book Recommendations: The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri
Lauren continues our ‘Book Recommendations’ column by sharing her views on Lefteri’s bestselling novel.
Lolita as Modern Mythology
Millicent explores the detrimental controversy that Nabokov’s Lolita is so famous for.