literature Archives – The College View

Rest and Relaxation provides meaning in these times

April 13, 2020

a beautiful, skinny, blonde young woman who is hoping to achieve a renaissance of sorts through a period of heavy, medicated sleep.

The best books to read while you self-isolate

April 13, 2020

Books are a form of escapism. They help us relax, boost our mood, minimise anxiety and are comforting to many people.

Pippa O’Connor Ormond on living your best life

October 16, 2019

Model, author, mother, wife and successful business woman – Pippa O’Connor Ormond has done it all. A true girl boss. Pippa wrote her first book in 2016. However, in her second book “The Pippa Guide : Live Your Best Life”, she delves deeper into her life than before, “I knew that I wanted [the book] to go beyond the snippets that you see online.”

Don’t leave economics up to the economists, says Varoufakis

October 16, 2019

With most books, it is essential to begin with a healthy dose of skepticism, even more so with a book about the economy, written by the former Minister for Finance during the Greek economic crash.

Sally Rooney’s Normal People is a millennial love story

February 6, 2019

The reader bears witness to Marianne falling deeper and deeper into a spiral of self-hatred that leads her to expect the worst from people and allows her to engage in demeaning and oppressive relationships.

Kazuo Ishiguro wins 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature

October 25, 2017

Kazuo Ishiguro is a British novelist and screen-writer who originates from Japan. On October 5th, he was announced as the recipient of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. Kazuo is a superb writer “who, in

Did Bob Dylan deserve the Nobel Prize for Literature?

October 26, 2016

Bob Dylan has won the Nobel Prize for Literature. “Wait, literature?” I hear you say. That’s right. The Swedish Academy has awarded him “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.”

Literature has not lost its allure

May 11, 2016

Featured on The Irish Times. With the recession still a prevalent memory in students’ minds, arts degrees are receiving less applicants while science, business and IT soar in numbers. People have an innate love for

Do people still read literature?

April 8, 2015

In a world filled with technology, even the elderly couple on the train are checking their Facebook feed.

Has the Nobel Prize for Literature become irrelevant?

October 15, 2014

Bryan Grogan reviews the Nobel Prize for Literature announcement and questions its relevancy after years of odd decisions.