A review by laurelinwonder
Age of Wire and String: Stories by Ben Marcus

4.0

In these 41 fictions, most less than a page, Marcus takes us on a postmodern ride through the mess of our homes and social customs. Deformed structures, using a form pioneered by Gertrude Stein. Coining new terms as necessary, this sensuous realism full of disjointed action, where Marcus is the editor. it reads like a technical manual and like lyric poetry, Marcus's clear eye for the suburban sublime allows his definitions, of the structures and categories we impose on ourselves to take hold, to unhinge what we think we know.