Join us for our very first event at POWERHOUSE Books @ Columbus Circle: Life Through My Lens by Timothy White on Thursday, July 23rd at 7pm! Link in bio to RSVP
Chris’s pick: "A perfectly strange little ghost story and the first book of the Latin American Boom. Funny, emotional, utterly unique (and a perfect quick beach read too), it remains as immediate and transfixing as ever.”
This weekend at Powerhouse IC we welcome Rack-Lo for a presentation and book signing for his new autobiography and an in-store fashion show of iconic Lo-Life/Ralph Lauren outfits!
of the novel. You’ll want to read this one twice to get the whole story- the big twist coiled at the heart of the novel changes everything about nearly every interaction in the book up to that point.”
unnamed first-person narrator (Rebecca’s husband Maxim’s second wife), the interplay of jealousy, despair, and scarcely-admitted desire that comes to dominate her place in Rebecca’s shadow, and the subtle streak of gender instability that permeates the modernized Gothic themes…
Set against the backdrop of a bleak not-to-distant future, Klara’s childlike view of the world and moral clarity are endearing and make you fall in love with her while your heart breaks as she struggles to understand the world around her.”
“Klara is an artificial friend who views the world in a child-like manner. When she is purchased to be a companion to a teenage girl, Josie, she uses her observational skills to learn about the human world and come to terms with love, hope, class, and empathy…
fashion than his often obscure films. In the aphoristic Notes on the Cinematograph, his subject is, on the surface, making movies. But you can apply the serious philosophy he brings to that pursuit to any aspect of your life - set up in short scenes perfect for subway reading.”
Chris’ Rec:
“The writings of Robert Bresson, the famous director of French cinema classics like Pickpocket and Au Hasard Balthazar, may seem like a niche choice. But his prose is so clear and true, it can be read essentially as wisdom literature - in a way more accessible…