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Doppelgänger
by Daša Drndić
2.5
Loved loved loved "Artur and Isabella," but "Pupi" made me feel like ripping out my eyes. And, seeing as the first story is 40 pages while the latter is 110ish, thus I feel like a 2-star rating makes sense even though "Artur and Isabella" genuinely feels unforgettable. Love Drndić's style. It feels like Elfriede Jelinek and Herta Müller and Samuel Beckett yet feels distinct. She exhumes bodies; her comma splices are like rusty shovels. How can anyone not feel like an alienated mess when the last century (and our current one) are filled with such historical degradation and grotesqueness and monstrosity that one must feel some weight upon their shoulders. And here that "one" is the elderly. So intrigued to read more.
Loved loved loved "Artur and Isabella," but "Pupi" made me feel like ripping out my eyes. And, seeing as the first story is 40 pages while the latter is 110ish, thus I feel like a 2-star rating makes sense even though "Artur and Isabella" genuinely feels unforgettable. Love Drndić's style. It feels like Elfriede Jelinek and Herta Müller and Samuel Beckett yet feels distinct. She exhumes bodies; her comma splices are like rusty shovels. How can anyone not feel like an alienated mess when the last century (and our current one) are filled with such historical degradation and grotesqueness and monstrosity that one must feel some weight upon their shoulders. And here that "one" is the elderly. So intrigued to read more.