A review by otterno11
The Balloonists by Eula Biss
5.0
I am not exactly sure what to say about Eula Biss’ collection of prose poems, except that I find myself totally taken with them. I am not sure how Biss expresses so much in a few lines of factual statements, but I crave more, to learn how to accomplish this. A memoir of family and childhood, Biss shifts viewpoints and time to analyze and . There is a sense of collage here, pieces of memory and thought pasted together into a picture of human relationships.
"Stories are only true if we believe them. Or if we live them. It is unclear where our parent's stories end and where our stories begin."
There are a lot of themes explored in the Balloonists, from storytelling, tools and their use, disasters, but especially the strained relationships of people, women and men, adults and children, Most of all, it was just so evocative and lovely to read.
"Stories are only true if we believe them. Or if we live them. It is unclear where our parent's stories end and where our stories begin."
There are a lot of themes explored in the Balloonists, from storytelling, tools and their use, disasters, but especially the strained relationships of people, women and men, adults and children, Most of all, it was just so evocative and lovely to read.