Wonderful round up! That's disappointing about Sound Museum - I read the premise when it was published and thought it sounded so intriguing. Thanks for sharing!!
I like experimental books, those that challenge you and Moieties seems to be so. Will give it a try. I like chasing after words, looking things up while I keep the reading itself on hold. (Like David Markson). The first 2 books are interesting too.
@@spencergrady736 House of Leaves, the work of Raymond Federman, David Msrkson's last 4 works, The Age Of Wire & String, Little Scratch, Exquisite Corpses, George Perec "53 Days" & "W or A Memory Of Childhood", WG Sebald "Austerlitz" & "The Rings Of Saturn", Steve Tomasula "Ascension", Alejandro Zambra "Multiple Choice" and if I may Marc Nash "Three Dreams in The Key Of G"
terrific...and, omg, did i hear you mention a writer great with story? hahah lol..i actually read Boy Swallows Universe during covid and loved it....havent read his other two...i feel the same about Sound Museum, though maybe not quite as harshly...but yes, you articulate well all my thoughts and disappointments...i have additional insight Marc--i work with lots of teachers/colleagues from Iran who loathe the regime (for good measure) and tend to be politically conservative (often blame democrats and tend to support conservative leaders--and are often very black & white): kine of the predicament of many immigrants or those whove been misplace by war, immigration, revolution, etc...i found her tone (the writer) at time making thee narratory purposely idiotic, without subtlety, nearly satiric, and i felt that also lessened what was at stake--the use of torture, which btw, us govt also uses and supports and then in the end, the book just did not convince me either way...the form breaksdown--why not actually interrogate both the form as well as the speaker--say, instead of speech the eentire time, maybe do it as 1st part speech, later she herself is interrogated and interviewed...like the brilliant examples: kiss of the spider woman, puig; bolano by night in chile and Dorfman;'s Death and the Maiden....all brilliant examples of this, political violence....anywy...that is more of less what i would have emailed...anyway, will look for Femi as well...thanks marc...check your email, bb
Wonderful round up! That's disappointing about Sound Museum - I read the premise when it was published and thought it sounded so intriguing. Thanks for sharing!!
Yeah I was crushed by how disappointing Sound Museum was
I know I really need to get hold of The Wickedest as Poor was a stunner. A Bookshop in Algiers appeals. Quiet and precise sounds positive.
Have you read Femi's debut collection? Hope to get to it before the year's out.
@MarcNash yes. I thought it was really strong. Especially for a debut.
@@scallydandlingaboutthebooks Excellent! 😀
Thanks for the recommendations!
My pleasure
I like experimental books, those that challenge you and Moieties seems to be so. Will give it a try. I like chasing after words, looking things up while I keep the reading itself on hold. (Like David Markson). The first 2 books are interesting too.
wowqwww r
David Markson fan - Respec'!
@@MarcNash At your recommendation :-)
I see a pattern here: I notice you have a thing for black poetry🔥Good to know!
Ha, yes indeed! Both Uk & US and Caribbean poets!
@MarcNash It's like a sugar rush... I know 🤣
@@joelharris4399 Ha, yes! 😀
Wonder if you had read Lost in the Garden by Adam S Leslie and what you thought of it? Currently reading Knut Hamsun's The Wanderer.
Haven't heard of it I'm afraid. What's it about?
@@MarcNash It is a folk horror book, I found it unberable - but many are hyping it. I don't think you have missed much.
Can you recommend some good modern titles that play with format such as BS Johnson's work or Pelevin's The Helmet of Horror
@@spencergrady736 ha ha, two words that would drive me away like garlic does to vampires - horror and folklore!
@@spencergrady736 House of Leaves, the work of Raymond Federman, David Msrkson's last 4 works, The Age Of Wire & String, Little Scratch, Exquisite Corpses, George Perec "53 Days" & "W or A Memory Of Childhood", WG Sebald "Austerlitz" & "The Rings Of Saturn", Steve Tomasula "Ascension", Alejandro Zambra "Multiple Choice" and if I may Marc Nash "Three Dreams in The Key Of G"
terrific...and, omg, did i hear you mention a writer great with story? hahah lol..i actually read Boy Swallows Universe during covid and loved it....havent read his other two...i feel the same about Sound Museum, though maybe not quite as harshly...but yes, you articulate well all my thoughts and disappointments...i have additional insight Marc--i work with lots of teachers/colleagues from Iran who loathe the regime (for good measure) and tend to be politically conservative (often blame democrats and tend to support conservative leaders--and are often very black & white): kine of the predicament of many immigrants or those whove been misplace by war, immigration, revolution, etc...i found her tone (the writer) at time making thee narratory purposely idiotic, without subtlety, nearly satiric, and i felt that also lessened what was at stake--the use of torture, which btw, us govt also uses and supports and then in the end, the book just did not convince me either way...the form breaksdown--why not actually interrogate both the form as well as the speaker--say, instead of speech the eentire time, maybe do it as 1st part speech, later she herself is interrogated and interviewed...like the brilliant examples: kiss of the spider woman, puig; bolano by night in chile and Dorfman;'s Death and the Maiden....all brilliant examples of this, political violence....anywy...that is more of less what i would have emailed...anyway, will look for Femi as well...thanks marc...check your email, bb
just replied to your brilliant story...bb
I’m afraid I am becoming increasingly lazy in my reading so Moietes isn’t going on my list. Lola may.
oh you know me Brian, always in search of that novel that really destroys the notion of what a novel may be! 😀