Category Archives: coming of age
Persepolis (2007) France/USA
Dir. Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi Meet Marjane, our feisty young heroine coming to terms with the inevitable teenage complications of boys, boobs and betrayal, but with a turmoil-laden backdrop of radicalism, revolution and war thrown in the mix, just … Continue reading
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Norwegian Wood/Haruki Murakami
Norwegian Wood is often referred to as Murakami’s ‘straight’ story, and although it is more conventional than The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, for example, he retains that seemingly effortless, understated, lyrical style that makes his writing so decidedly readable. As in … Continue reading
