Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Just Shelved

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Solid short story collection highly worth checking out.





My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Postmodern puzzlebox of a book, linking characters' lives like a spiderweb - tenuous, touch and go. I was alternately moved and frustrated. An interesting companion piece to Cloud Atlas, which attempts similar disruptions in form. Surprisingly, the chapter that engendered the most skepticism -- a chapter told entirely in Powerpoint -- ended up being one of the most moving. I keep taking back my fourth star and then returning it. Egan, we aren't through.



3 comments:

  1. Hi Kristen. Good to see you at 'Book Thunderdome' last night. Couldn't find you on FBook via your name. I'm 'Mel Zimmerman' on there, BTW.

    Thanks,

    -- Mel Murphy

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  2. How weird--I didn't realize that my privacy settings were so high. Well, I just found you on there, so hopefully that works! :-) Nice to run into you as well!

    Kirsten

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  3. I really liked the short story "Selling the General" by Jennifer Egan, but then I read Look at Me and it was pretty disappointing. The short story's great and online; I recommend it.

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