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alexandrakucera's review
5.0
Once again Moshfegh’s short fiction didn’t disappoint and I discovered writer Sarah Mangusu. WOW. The Paris Review ALWAYS hits the mark.
a_serpent_with_corners's review
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
The interview with Margaret Jull Costa followed by some of her co-translations of some poems by Alberto Caeiro are a highlight. The first one, especially, has a real tenderness to it and its pastoralism didn't come off as affected. To me, it seemed like a more peaceful take on the same sense of shrinking back, trying to be unobtrusive, etc. that his other, more famous, (semi-) heteronym exhibits, but without the agonised timidity.
Nice to see Duo Duo here too, though I'm not that big on the Misty poets. Maybe one day I'll take more time to learn about and appreciate them properly.
Among the fiction, 'The Juggler's Wife' did leave an impression, but mostly because it reminded me of other stories on a similar theme that I like better (though it isn't necessarily bad). 'Witness' is the most likely to stay with me - a small, desperately unhappy short story.
Nice to see Duo Duo here too, though I'm not that big on the Misty poets. Maybe one day I'll take more time to learn about and appreciate them properly.
Among the fiction, 'The Juggler's Wife' did leave an impression, but mostly because it reminded me of other stories on a similar theme that I like better (though it isn't necessarily bad). 'Witness' is the most likely to stay with me - a small, desperately unhappy short story.
kgesker's review
3.0
I read this for a challenge prompt. It may have been a better fit for me if I read and/or appreciated literary fiction more or studied and taught literature. Really not my thing at all.
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