A review by javorstein
Sphinx by Anne Garréta

5.0

Absolutely phenomenal book. Extraordinarily impressive translation work as well as writing the original French without ever revealing any notion of gender on the part of the narrator nor A***. Fascinating exploration of the bodily/sacred, negative theology, subjectivity, simulacra, and a myriad of other complex topics I had not expected from the novel. Took a severely dark turn by the end that I had not at all expected but in retrospect seemed almost inevitable. The connections between the unknowable G-d/Spirit and A***, the nothingness of the subject/'I', the use of mirrors throughout to question the subject/object distinction altogether... honestly a dizzying array of metaphor, metonymy, borderline mystical description, very Lispector-esque. Amazing read, loved this book, everyone should read it.