hardcover, 240 pages
Published July 20, 2021 by Riverhead Books.
Du verden hvordan en enkel liten historie kan være så sammensatt og fint skrevet. Forstår all den skryten boken får om en oversetter i domstolen i Haag og om tilhørighet og rotløshet. Anbefales sterkt for den som liker sånt.
Jeg leste The Last Colony tidligere i år. Intimacy ble enda mer spennende etter å ha lest den, og The Last Colony fikk enda en dimensjon etter Intimacy, bare så det er sagt.
Having a hard time rating this one, but I'm rounding up - I guess because it so well captures the cavernous gaps between even the closest humans and the disturbing absurdity of emotional control and impartiality.
I picked this up due to its place on the National Book Award long list, and while the prose and voice of the main character were interesting for their cool, minimal style, the plot seemed pointless, and not a single storyline was ever resolved. At least it was short.
Decided to go for it based on Obama's Summer Reading List. Reviews spoke about the great tension among revelations of power. That's a bit misleading. There's a really nice nuanced view of the way that power, economics, and gender impact the way we view the world and the "truth" as we perceive it. Even from my perch, I found this book to capture a bit of the chaos that you feel when wedged between situations or people.
If you look to the text for the surface level content, you're likely to be left wanting. If you are happy with something a bit more cerebral that might scratch on some of the anxieties that we feel regarding home, family, and sense of self, it can be a really nice and quick read.
