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2 months ago
Books

Parasol Against the Axe by Helen Oyeyemi review a wild ride through Prague

Helen Oyeyemi's latest novel explores the themes of love, history, and identity, while also challenging the act of reading and the subjectivity of interpretation.
The story is set in Prague and features characters who slip and transmute, blurring the lines between reality and fiction.
The novel incorporates formal experimentation and narrative instability, adding to its unique storytelling style. [ more ]
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3 months ago
Writing

Inland by Gerald Murnane review at the frontiers of imagination

Gerald Murnane's reissued fiction is introducing new readers to his idiosyncratic and formally adventurous style.
Murnane's work blurs the frontiers of memory and imagination, disrupting realist conventions about setting and sense of place. [ more ]
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