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Bina: A Novel in Warnings
by Anakana Schofield
Bina, the first-person narrator, has such an authentic, idiosyncratic, heartfelt voice that it is almost impossible to write a review immediately after finishing it/her without mimicking her.
Ergo:
Warnings
Do not read this book if you only like generic voices you recognize because you've read them millions of times and they are familiar.
Only read this book on the blasted Kindle if you cannot possibly get your mitts on a hard copy paperback. There are footnotes at the bottom of many pages and large white spaces and an inventive layout of line breaks that are best seen from a tactile paper book held in your mitts.
Do not be fooled by the page length of said paperback (313 pages). Because of the aforementioned layout, it reads faster than a 150-pager.
Do not ignore the beautiful cover (Katy Homans, designer; George Shaw, art), best held in your mitts while you swoon and breathe on it. (You cannot do this with a Kindle.)
Do not be daunted by the fact that as you are reading and laughing, you may not know exactly what is going on or what Bina is talking about. Patience! It will all come clear.
Remarkings
This book is not like any other because it is written by a writer named Anakana Schofield who probably has never considered writing anything by mimicking anybody else. She writes from her own muse and doesn't give a fig about what you might be used to reading. This is a great thing, to be applauded.
If I told anything at all about the plot, you would be justified in offing me. And since I like my life, mum's the word.
But if you understand the death of a friend, if you understand having had enough, this may be a book for you.
Ergo:
Warnings
Do not read this book if you only like generic voices you recognize because you've read them millions of times and they are familiar.
Only read this book on the blasted Kindle if you cannot possibly get your mitts on a hard copy paperback. There are footnotes at the bottom of many pages and large white spaces and an inventive layout of line breaks that are best seen from a tactile paper book held in your mitts.
Do not be fooled by the page length of said paperback (313 pages). Because of the aforementioned layout, it reads faster than a 150-pager.
Do not ignore the beautiful cover (Katy Homans, designer; George Shaw, art), best held in your mitts while you swoon and breathe on it. (You cannot do this with a Kindle.)
Do not be daunted by the fact that as you are reading and laughing, you may not know exactly what is going on or what Bina is talking about. Patience! It will all come clear.
Remarkings
This book is not like any other because it is written by a writer named Anakana Schofield who probably has never considered writing anything by mimicking anybody else. She writes from her own muse and doesn't give a fig about what you might be used to reading. This is a great thing, to be applauded.
If I told anything at all about the plot, you would be justified in offing me. And since I like my life, mum's the word.
But if you understand the death of a friend, if you understand having had enough, this may be a book for you.