Seven Years – Peter Stamm

Another book where I wonder, was this a good book? I read it in a day and a half. The writing was excellent. The style and collection of words, dreamlike. The subject, relationships and their discontents, normally something I find intriguing. But there is a discomfort that runs throughout. Part of it is intentional, and …

The Factory – Hiroko Oyamada

A Kafkaesque look at why work is so useless, though I feel like it may have lost a sharpness in translation. Still, nice and odd (the way I like them) and anti-capitalist (also the way I like them). Don’t we all just sit around doing work way under our capacity that seems like perhaps it …

Mirror Shoulder Signal – Dorthe Nors

When did you learn to drive? Or when did you get your license? I believe I was 12 or so sitting in my mother’s giant blue Buick trying to navigate down our quiet neighborhood street and panicking when a squirrel was in the road (not really near me…). I got my license when I was …