A review by chillcox15
The Age of Skin by Dubravka Ugrešić

2.0

With apologies to the folks at Open Letter, I can't really stand Dubravka Ugresic's nonfiction anymore, which is a shame considering I think her fiction is usually masterful. Too often, these short pieces feel reductionary and banal. I guess, considering many of them stem from newspaper columns (a seemingly persistent dead end of intellectual inquiry in the 21st century) I guess that makes sense, but it's just annoying. Ugresic can be a wonderful thinker, and has a unique perspective on the state of Europe and the world today, but too often the sentiments feel a bit "Old Man Yells at Cloud" for me.