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Nominee for Best Historical Fiction (2022) 1980, PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI: It is three in the morning when Bobby Western zips …
(The pages go backwards, but still, this means I'm like 1/3 done)
This was super fun. I thought the oral history format was a really clever format choice, like looking into a giant construction site through little windows cut in the scaffolding and only kind of being able to grasp the depth of the pit. I kept thinking about KSR's New York 2140 and how it couldve been the same world almost, but with more grittiness and trauma and explanations about how we get from here to fully automated gay luxury space communism. I'm pretty sure I have big political differences with the authors, but I seriously enjoyed it nonetheless. I'd really appreciate seeing more of this kind of fantastic dreaming from those who want a drastically different world.
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History …
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The only thing I can hold against it is it's a tiiinnnny bit heavy handed with the metaphors, otherwise this is a super fun and satisfyingly anticolonial take on kid-gets-whisked-off-to-another-life genre. For the fantasy-adverse, there's a small amount of magic but it doesn't go off the rails in that regard.
I'm off for a week and I just finished what I'd been reading, I think I'm gonna give this another shot.
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to …
Early 2000 on New York City's Upper East Side. The alienation of an unnamed young …
Moshfegh is a reliably good writer, this was the only one of her books I've read that I wasnt extremely upset by, ha. Excellent bedtime read because its mostly about sleeping and it made me very sleepy.
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to …
A call for a radical transformation in the face of widespread crisis.
The Nation on No Map examines state power, …
Early 2000 on New York City's Upper East Side. The alienation of an unnamed young protagonist from others is nearly …
A call for a radical transformation in the face of widespread crisis.
The Nation on No Map examines state power, …
Funny and doom-drenched, The Employees chronicles the fate of the Six-Thousand Ship. The human and …
I liked the idea of this book a bit more than actually reading it–still, it was extremely strange and beautiful, and was nice to read while digesting some grief/death related feelings. Would recommend reading a synopsis beforehand.
