Status Updates From Collected Stories

peter carey's perspective and portrayal of the global south in these short stories is concerning

i actually studied abroad in kristu-du

i actually studied abroad in kristu-du

Finished 'The Journey of a Lifetime', a pleasantly dark little tale about a man's love for trains and journeying on them. Definitely a good one.

Finished 'A Schoolboy Prank'. Another really good one. It seems the latter half of the collection is where the real meat of the content is. A very grim and mournful tale of homosexuality repressed within a teacher and the students he taught, charged with all the inappropriateness of its leanings.

Finished 'Exotic Pleasures', which is very Twilight Zone-esque with its fantasy/sci-fi elements paired with real-world human problems, this one concerning intimacy and pleasure. Liked it a lot.

Finished 'The Uses of Williamson Wood'. Along with 'Joe', it's probably the most shocking of the stories, and though it's good with how it's written, the subject matter definitely isn't for everyone.

Finished 'The Fat Man in History', a sort of brutal look into a communist world where fat people are considered less than human for being 'counterrevolutionary'. Pretty gnarly stuff.

Finished 'Joe', 'The Puzzling Nature of Blue', 'Conversation with Unicorns', and 'American Dreams'. The first was shockingly provocative, the second both entertaining and frustrating, the third short and sweet(but not sweet like happy), and the last is probably my favorite so far. Very curious concept but wow it's memorable.

Finished 'Report on the Shadow Industry', a very short story about boxes of shadows that people spend a lot of money on and are fascinated by. Makes me think of blah blah technology bad blah but it could be just a short little idea on actual government and manufacturing deadly things.

Finished 'Withdrawal', a macabre look into a furniture/art dealer who has a clientele of disturbed individuals who buy macabre things from him. Sort of a grittier Weekend at Bernie's.

Finished 'Concerning the Greek Tyrant', a meta-story of the Odyssey featuring Homer predicting what happens to his characters, who can also interact with him. Not too bad.