Status Updates From Three Novels: Ghosts, An Ep...

Two out of three stories finished, I can't wait to get this ordeal over with !!

Just finished Ghosts. I'll save my thoughts for the review. What I will say is, as usual, Cesar Aira's writing, in spite of all the somewhat elusive philosophizing, is absolutely intoxicating. I felt as if I were effortlessly sifting through even the "difficult" parts by no force of my own--perhaps spiraling even. (Pretty sure there's an opening for a Ghosts-inspired metaphor right there, but I haven't found it yet.)

The second novella, An Episode in the Life of A Landscape Painter, was released the same year as A Terrace in Rome. Both are about facially disfigured travelling artists, in the 17th and 19th century respectively. Is this significant? Probably not. Just thought I’d make a note of it.