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Catherine Lacey: Pew (2020, Granta Books)

208 pages

English language

Published April 17, 2020 by Granta Books.

ISBN:
978-1-78378-517-9
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4 stars

I didn't go with 5 stars for this one even though I really liked it. I normally give 5 stars to books that hit me harder than this one did, but I still really liked it.

100% understand why some readers would not like this one. This is very much a literary work, even a philosophical work. I think familiarity with the Le Guin short story helps as well. The narrative is more about the themes explored - though I would say it's not fully giving up character for that. It does basically give up plot for it, though.

Themes of community, difference (and how humans handle it), the need to categorize and the discomfort with ambiguity and the unknown. Throughout the story different people get confessional with Pew because Pew is mostly silent and blank. Pew is more responsive to the people they can see are not out to …

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