At first open a book, some for the author, some for the title. Not all the classics can be read further. Some books do not attract me at first. I am moved by a...

Cross is one of Henry Barbisse’s famous short stories on the subject of war. The novel takes a war of aggression against Africa launched by France in the 19th century as the background, and...

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a coming-of-age novel. The novel’s protagonist, a young girl named Francie, lives in a poor family in Brooklyn in the early 20th century. My mother was a cleaner...