Last Vanities: Stories by Fleur Jaeggy, Tim Parks

Last Vanities: Stories

Fleur Jaeggy, Tim Parks

112 pages first pub 1994 (editions)

fiction short stories dark reflective sad slow-paced

Description

Jaeggy has come up with seven stories, each at some deep level in dark complicity with the others, all as terse and spare as if etched with a steel tip. A brooding atmosphere of horror, a disturbing and subversive propensity for delirium haunts th...

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Community Reviews Summary of 25 reviews

Moods

challenging 66%
dark 66%
reflective 66%
sad 33%

Pace

slow 100%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 100%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 33% | N/A: 33% | No: 33%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 66% | No: 33%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 66% | No: 33%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 66% | It's complicated: 33%

Average rating

4.02

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