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Menelaos Lourotos

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Born and raised in Vancouver, Canada, Menelaos Lourotos is a young Canadian author of Greek descent. His early interest in Greek mythology sparked a profound love for history and storytelling, resulting in his Bachelor of Arts in History and passions in writing and film.

His pre-teen introduction to Monty Python fueled a passion for interpreting and understanding the world through a humorous lens, while his discovery of Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Franz Kafka, during his early university years, inspired a more critical perspective, often coupled with the very same doses of humor.

Lourotos' first publication, a novella titled 'A Simple Task', is the novelization of an amateur short film created during the latter half of his Bachelor's of Education ...more

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If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there?

Menelaos Lourotos I would travel to the world of Ivan Turgenev's 'Rudin' and take part in the comical but also frustrating discussions led by the infamous Rudin. The sa…moreI would travel to the world of Ivan Turgenev's 'Rudin' and take part in the comical but also frustrating discussions led by the infamous Rudin. The satisfaction in triumphing over this character and his banter would be beyond satisfying. (less)

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What books are on your summer reading list this year?

Menelaos Lourotos Douglas Adams' 'Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency'
Fyodor Dostoyevksy's 'Demons'
Fyodor Dostoyevksy's 'Notes from the Underground'
Franz Kafka's 'T…moreDouglas Adams' 'Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency'
Fyodor Dostoyevksy's 'Demons'
Fyodor Dostoyevksy's 'Notes from the Underground'
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'

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The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield - Review

This week's short story review will be on Katherine Mansfield's The Garden Party. Published in 1922, this is the story of, well, a garden party. If we are to really break it down, this is a story about social class and respect, with the garden party serving as the symbolic setting for these ideas to play out. Our protagonist is Laura, the daughter of a Mrs. Sheridan and one of the many family memb