Scan barcode
A review by emsemsems
Marrow by Carlos Rojas, Yan Lianke
5.0
Is Asian Gothic/Chinese Gothic a genre? I doubt it, but if it was, this would be the epitome of that. Read it in one sitting whilst having a bowl of hot soup - which was simply coincidental but definitely makes the reading experience that much weirder.
Brilliant translator; and a very well organised/composed story. It's easy to get distracted and lose focus in these sort of 'surreal' stories, but I think the writer really holds the readers' attention well with the way he's written this. It almost felt like every line was very intentional and meticulously arranged. It reads like a dark fairytale/folktale.
Brilliant translator; and a very well organised/composed story. It's easy to get distracted and lose focus in these sort of 'surreal' stories, but I think the writer really holds the readers' attention well with the way he's written this. It almost felt like every line was very intentional and meticulously arranged. It reads like a dark fairytale/folktale.