Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
Setting
The Green InfernoWhat is dense, mysterious, unmappable, and full of strange and deadly wildlife? If you said Donald Trump's hair, you're almost right. But we don't have the space to analyze that he...
Genre
The Lost City of Z is the type of story that, if it were fiction, would probably having you throwing the book to the ground and saying, "Inconceivable!" In a novel, Grann would find Z, and Fawcett...
What's Up With the Title?
We have some advice for you: don't try to find Z. It doesn't exist. At least, it doesn't exist at this moment. It's like Iggy Azalea's career: it was once thriving, but now it's basically extinct,...
What's Up With the Epigraph?
At times all I need is a brief glimpse, an opening in the midst of an incongruous landscape, a glint of lights in the fog, the dialogue of two passersby meeting in the crowd, and I think that, sett...
What's Up With the Ending?
The ending leaves us with so many questions. What ever happened to Fawcett? Did Z exist? And most importantly: why doesn't this book have 26 chapters? Seriously, Grann? Z is the 26th letter of the...
Tough-o-Meter
Hiking through the Amazon rainforest gets a 10 on our tough-o-meter scale. Even with modern technology like Jeeps, tents that are nice than our apartment and GPS, we wouldn't want to brave the bugs...