gee_schmidt 's review for:

The King Is Always Above the People: Stories by Daniel Alarcón

4.0

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Each story carried a bubbling discontent motivating generally unremarkable characters in odd settings that felt a bit eerie. There were through lines of transgenerational disappointment and trauma, particularly in father-son relationships, and the need to escape your origins only to feel rootless and unwelcome everywhere else. A good collection of stories, though the women felt faceless and insubstantial.