A review by notagreatreader
Bliss by Katherine Mansfield
5.0
I usually don't read the introductory/biographic section at the beginning of classic books, but for some reason I decided to read a couple pages of the one about Mansfield and then I just couldn't stop because it was so fascinating. And then the stories. This my first time reading Katherine Mansfield's stories and OMG. They're so good.
The stories appear so simple, just every day, 'slice of life' stories, yet the emotional punch each of them pack is extraordinary. I'm haunted by The Little Governess days after reading it, although I guess arguably that one is not such an every day story.
Also, I feel like a sort of general sadness, or perhaps a state of the blues, permeates most of the stories, which is distinct yet reminds me of the general existential sadness characteristic of stories by Russian authors.
The stories appear so simple, just every day, 'slice of life' stories, yet the emotional punch each of them pack is extraordinary. I'm haunted by The Little Governess days after reading it, although I guess arguably that one is not such an every day story.
Also, I feel like a sort of general sadness, or perhaps a state of the blues, permeates most of the stories, which is distinct yet reminds me of the general existential sadness characteristic of stories by Russian authors.