A review by stevendedalus
Invasions by Calvin Gimpelevich
4.0
The marketing department went a bit over-the-top with this collection: the surreality and revolution of them aren't as sizzling as the back cover make them out to be.
But that may actually be due to the the assured characterizations, the groundedness of the prose, and the confidence of Gimpelevich as a writer which makes these seem less like a transformative new perspective and more like wonderful additions to the long line of short story canon.
The variation is beautiful: short and humourous to long meditations, always interesting and achingly familiar characters. There isn't a false or forced note here.
But that may actually be due to the the assured characterizations, the groundedness of the prose, and the confidence of Gimpelevich as a writer which makes these seem less like a transformative new perspective and more like wonderful additions to the long line of short story canon.
The variation is beautiful: short and humourous to long meditations, always interesting and achingly familiar characters. There isn't a false or forced note here.