“A Study in Scarlet” – our first meeting with Holmes and Watson

“There’s the scarlet thread of murder running through the colorless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it.” The first book about Sherlock Holmes’ many adventures is A Study in Scarlet, but the first ever book about him and his faithful friend Doctor Watson … Continue reading “A Study in Scarlet” – our first meeting with Holmes and Watson

“Anxious People” – a very human story

Plenty happened these past two years. I cried a bit. I laughed a lot. I kept drawing, I kept daydreaming of stories and the characters they happened to, I kept singing. I decided to study design instead of linguistics. I went to the mountain. I went to the sea. I went to an amazing concert … Continue reading “Anxious People” – a very human story

“A Clockwork Orange”: The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual – crime.

First published in 1962 – and written in just three weeks(!), according to the author – the story takes place in an English city from the near future. The narrator and protagonist is Alex, a fifteen-year-old leader of a gang. Through his eyes, we get led into the first part of the book, and namely … Continue reading “A Clockwork Orange”: The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual – crime.

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