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Jane Eyre
There is an exchange in Truman Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s I find particularly funny. When confronted for an example of something that means something, Holly answers without hesitation, “Wuthering Heights.” The narrator’s indignation at being compared to a genius turns to shameful conceit upon discovering that Holly is in fact, referring to the movie. “Oh,…
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Night on the Galactic Railroad
If you engage in any sort of Japanese media commonly exported to the West, there’s a good chance that you’ve been exposed in some way to the imagery in Miyazawa Kenji’s Night on the Galactic Railroad. Whether through the book, the movie, or the countless scenes inspired by them, the journey of Giovanni and Campanella…