A review by mattshervheim
Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It by Maile Meloy
4.0
I discovered Maile Maloy through to Kelly Reichardt's excellent film Certain Women, which adapts three Maloy short stories, including "Travis B." the first story in this collection. I'm still a bit haunted by the oppressive, overcast beauty Reichardt captured, so I was eager to meet Maloy's work directly. It did not disappoint.
Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It is a loosely thematically collection of short stories more or less about the tension of conflicting desires. In that, it reminded me a bit of Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being. It's a dark, psychologically rich collection with a gracefully understated style. Definitely not Louis L'Amour's western fiction. I liked it.
Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It is a loosely thematically collection of short stories more or less about the tension of conflicting desires. In that, it reminded me a bit of Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being. It's a dark, psychologically rich collection with a gracefully understated style. Definitely not Louis L'Amour's western fiction. I liked it.