A review by rouge_red
Frontier by Can Xue

mysterious slow-paced

3.75

I liked the way I approached this collection of stories- I read at most 2 or 3 a day and I found dipping in and out of this world when I wanted gave me that weird feeling I like so much with magical realism. Not sure that, like the author said, these stories about the residents of Pebble Town were about freedom. They always seem to be looking for meaning, for something they cannot see, for other people or to the past. No one really seems happy, but rather the dominant feeling is one of longing for something. These weren't melancholy stories by any means, mostly just slice-of-life with oddness peppered in. Which ultimately worked for me, so I'm hoping to read more Can Xue in the future.