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loooooved wilson’s introduction and translator’s note

somehow not even halfway done yet. might dnf. never seen the show before so idk what happens but i’m not particularly impressed

just read some of the reviews of this book and it seems like people are very angry at the authors about ghost stories being folklore and not actually verifiable. they are also very angry that folklore tends to reflect the sociopolitical environment that produces it. well surprise! this country has always hated and still hates women

“… and into this delicious fecundity, this fountain and spray of life, the fatal sterility of the male plunged itself, like a beak of brass, barren and bare. He wanted sympathy. He was a failure, he said… It was sympathy he wanted, to be a shred of his genius, first of all, and then to be taken within the circle of life, warmed and soothed… his barrenness made fertile”

💯💥‼️🚨🔥

all the nods to lispector throughout…. starting off very strong