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Stravaging “Strange” by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky
4.0
Many thanks to NetGalley and Columbia University Press for giving me an e-book of this version
This book consists all in all of three fictional and absurd stories of the Russian author Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, who was unfortunately unknown during his time.
I will admit that this is not my normal cup of tea and that it took some time for me to get immersed into the book but after a while I really enjoyed the beautiful absurdity of it all and got into the writing style! All three stories were interesting in a new way for me and I was able to enjoy them all (even tough Stravaging Strange was my favourite). However, at the beginning of each story I was often confused and did not fully understand what was going on but decided to go with the flow, which payed off in the end.
I’ve seen this book describes as “Alice in wonderland for adults” before and I think this fits my feelings (especially while reading the first story).
This book consists all in all of three fictional and absurd stories of the Russian author Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, who was unfortunately unknown during his time.
I will admit that this is not my normal cup of tea and that it took some time for me to get immersed into the book but after a while I really enjoyed the beautiful absurdity of it all and got into the writing style! All three stories were interesting in a new way for me and I was able to enjoy them all (even tough Stravaging Strange was my favourite). However, at the beginning of each story I was often confused and did not fully understand what was going on but decided to go with the flow, which payed off in the end.
I’ve seen this book describes as “Alice in wonderland for adults” before and I think this fits my feelings (especially while reading the first story).