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The edition I read had a rather distasteful note after the story that "literature is not the same as publishing", which in the context of this overwrought book feels snobbish.
Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Medical content
Minor: Sexual violence
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
In theory, I did not think this would be a book I would enjoy. Historical fiction about a lone man experiencing violence and desolation? Typically not my genre. However, In the Distance is an incredible book and Håkan is a captivating protagonist. Hernan Diaz writes so artfully and efficiently - I don't think there is a single superfluous word in this novel. Often reading like an early American folktale, this novel follows Håkan on a sort of anti-hero's journey. He constantly gets swept up in situations that he'd rather avoid. Some of the situations are so extreme that they invite disbelief. However, Diaz somehow manages to keep Håkan's story convincing all the way up to the perfect ending.
Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder