Rob van Essen

4 books

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Half of a Yellow Sun

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

433 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross

The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century

Alex Ross

640 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction art history music challenging informative reflective slow-paced
On Violence by Hannah Arendt

On Violence

Hannah Arendt

112 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy politics sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Rehearsal by Eleanor Catton

The Rehearsal

Eleanor Catton

312 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction contemporary challenging reflective slow-paced