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The Lineup: 20 Provocative Women Writers by Kim Chinquee, Karin Tidbeck, Laura Benedict, Richard Thomas, Monica Drake, Amina Gautier, Kathy Fish, Jessica Hollander, Tina May Hall, Nina McConigley, Shannon Cain, Stacey Levine, Kelly Luce, Janet Mitchell, Claire Vaye Watkins, Karen Brown, Holly Goddard Jones, Alissa Nutting, Nancy Hightower, Ethel Rohan, Paula Bomer, Damien Angelica Walters

bookscomics's review

4.0

I found this book very randomly. I love the cover. This book is about a woman, named Dra-, who is looking for a job. From the beginning she is told to go look for her administrator so that she can start her first day of work. Dra- falls into an Alice in Wonderland type world on her way to look for her administrator. It’s an absurd, surreal story about how ridiculous searching for a job is. Also, not wanting to find one because who genuinely WANTS a job? We all need it for money so it’s merely a survival thing, a thing expected of you. While reading this it definitely reminded me of Kafka, especially The Trial, and Agony by Mark Beyer. This book is black and white like an expressionist movie, nightmarish and absurd.