The People of Paper

Hardcover, 245 pages

English language

Published June 1, 2005 by McSweeney's.

ISBN:
978-1-932416-21-3
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The People of Paper is an exploratory novel, depicting the painful struggles of life and writing through a fantastical world built with paper and imagination.

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I'm totally fine with post-modernism and challenging narratives, but I felt like this book was self-indulgent and gimmicky. The writer has a flair for imagery but the characters lacked their own voices. I felt like there was only enough content for an intriguing short story, not a full-length novel (how many times did I need to read about Rita Hayworth and the lettuce pickers to get the point?) I also didn't sympathize with the suffering of Sal/Saturn/Frederico/etc at the hands of women. It just came off as repetitive and at times misogynistic.

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  • Fiction / Literary
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