A review by ronanmcd
Zapuščanje morja by Ben Marcus
2.0
Woah. A tactful editor should have divided this book in two halves. The first is a collection of stories that break the heart; little dramas of daily life, childcare, unemployment and other difficulties. So convincing are these stories they are difficult to read as the author conveys characters we can readily identify with.
But then...
Things get weird. Suddenly out of nowhere stories become proto-scif-fi, they become nonsensical playing with form, understanding, comprehension and stretching the possibilities and limits of narrative. Synaesthetic meandering thoughts spin in and out of each other and loop in rhythm until, nah screw it, it's too hard and gives too little back.
I had read some Ben Marcus before and hoped for better. The first half destroyed me, the second was destroyed before it got to me.
But then...
Things get weird. Suddenly out of nowhere stories become proto-scif-fi, they become nonsensical playing with form, understanding, comprehension and stretching the possibilities and limits of narrative. Synaesthetic meandering thoughts spin in and out of each other and loop in rhythm until, nah screw it, it's too hard and gives too little back.
I had read some Ben Marcus before and hoped for better. The first half destroyed me, the second was destroyed before it got to me.