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"Ancient stories of black darkness and terrible falls plugged the holes in my body..."
Soft-spoken and compressed with wonderful mythological and philosophical implications, this novel of dream logic puts me in mind of Ben Okri's The Famished Road, except it's about a Huron boy in the 16th century rather than a Nigerian in the 20th.
— Apr 24, 2020 02:27PM
Soft-spoken and compressed with wonderful mythological and philosophical implications, this novel of dream logic puts me in mind of Ben Okri's The Famished Road, except it's about a Huron boy in the 16th century rather than a Nigerian in the 20th.
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"If it's a word, it's not an animal. And if it's an animal, its voice won't reflect light, so you can escape from its language."
It seems I have to read this one slowly because it's so rich in brutal and beautiful images, dominated by dream logic.
Some parts remind me of the poetry of my friend Barton Smock, like the quote above, which makes me wonder what kind of magic would happen if he wrote a novel.
— Apr 28, 2020 12:23PM
It seems I have to read this one slowly because it's so rich in brutal and beautiful images, dominated by dream logic.
Some parts remind me of the poetry of my friend Barton Smock, like the quote above, which makes me wonder what kind of magic would happen if he wrote a novel.
