Marla Wick

Jun 24, 2023 | calitreview.com | Emma Donoghue |Marla Wick

Books Though some stories in Astray are more poignant than others, Donoghue once again shows herself to be a writer who excels at evoking characters with startling precision.

Jun 3, 2023 | calitreview.com | Jamaica Kincaid |Marla Wick

Books Through the invocation of epic prose forms and literary allusion, Kincaid elevates the nuclear family drama to a grand level as she draws un-remarked and seemingly sincere parallels between the passions and animosities of familial relationships and the grand scope of literary and mythic history.

May 6, 2023 | calitreview.com | Karen Russell |Marla Wick

Books An enterprising Japanese capitalist, presumably in conjunction with the state, recruits women from all over the country to work at an innovative new silk factory, appealing both to their own financial need and to their patriotism. Once they sign the Agent’s contract, the women find themselves mutating into human silkworms.

Mar 15, 2023 | calitreview.com | Julianna Baggott |Marla Wick

PureGrand Central Publishing, 448 pp. CLR [rating:3.0]Occupy Apocalypse: Julianna Baggott’s YA DystopiaChasing the recent trend of blockbuster YA dystopian novels, such as Suzanne Collins’s enormously successful Hunger Games series/franchise, Julianna Baggott’s Pure describes a world in the aftermath of a devastating and calculated nuclear apocalypse.

Mar 4, 2023 | calitreview.com | Marla Wick |A.S. Byatt

Books Obsessed with the idea of apocalypse, the child whose world is on the verge of unwinding takes comfort in the fantastic tales of sea serpents and ravenous wolves, tortured demi-gods and Yggdrasil—the tree that holds the world in its branches.