Scan barcode
A review by canaanmerchant
White Tears by Hari Kunzru
4.0
This is almost two different books. That makes sense for a book filled with characters obsessed with old records that require a flip to hear a new song.
The A-Side is a story of two outcasts who bond over music. Even if you don't like the blues any music obsessive can see themselves in these pages especially with many poignant passages about the power of a recording.
But the B-Side is where things start to warp and get distorted, as if Kunzru intentionally scratched his own record. The narrative starts to split and the reader has trouble keeping track of timelines because the characters themselves start to have the same problems. That leads to a disturbing story about what our responsibility is to people who create but may never get credit.
The A-Side is a story of two outcasts who bond over music. Even if you don't like the blues any music obsessive can see themselves in these pages especially with many poignant passages about the power of a recording.
But the B-Side is where things start to warp and get distorted, as if Kunzru intentionally scratched his own record. The narrative starts to split and the reader has trouble keeping track of timelines because the characters themselves start to have the same problems. That leads to a disturbing story about what our responsibility is to people who create but may never get credit.