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Deixis9

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Renata Adler: Speedboat (Paperback, 1978, Popular Library) No rating

After reading the article the Matter of the Commas (For the true literary stylist, this seemingly humble punctuation mark is a matter of precision, logic, individuality, and music) By Matthew Zipf | March 3, 2025

I'll give it a shot. Also being 'composed of seemingly unconnected passages that challenge readers to find meaning.' colours me.

theamericanscholar.org/in-the-matter-of-the-commas/

Paul Lynch: Prophet Song (Hardcover, 2023, Oneworld Publications)

On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front …

Harrowing

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A nightmare in book form. I could only read for an hour at a time.

How a contemporary western state can collapse from the perspective of an Irish middle class family.

Deserves every prize, compulsory reading.

Categorise with Atwood.