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A fateful year in the life of a thirteen-year-old shepherd's son living in Lapvona, a …
A marvel of a short story. I stand by my earlier thoughts on this book. It's a beautiful reflection of humanity under constant duress: good and bad cannot summarize a person, since all people are capable of goodness and badness in equal measure. If you aren't too squeamish, it's a good and quick read!
A fateful year in the life of a thirteen-year-old shepherd's son living in Lapvona, a …
Halfway through the book now, and only started reading yesterday.
It's been described as "a car crash that you can't look away from." And in many ways I think this is a perfect metaphor. I've also read that many people find the crass and disgusting descriptions and events to be "pointless." But I have to disagree. In the same way that a tragic car accident appears to be a pointless and avoidable act of violence, there are reasons for it happening. A driver was drunk, impatient, asleep, distracted etc.
So too is are the acts of cruelty that take place in Lapvona, of which there are no shortage. Moshfegh is a darling writer. She captures so accurately the in-betweens of humanity: the sympathy of the monster, and the demonic desires lurking within all. Lapvona isn't explicit about the message it is trying to convey, because it is easy enough for …
Halfway through the book now, and only started reading yesterday.
It's been described as "a car crash that you can't look away from." And in many ways I think this is a perfect metaphor. I've also read that many people find the crass and disgusting descriptions and events to be "pointless." But I have to disagree. In the same way that a tragic car accident appears to be a pointless and avoidable act of violence, there are reasons for it happening. A driver was drunk, impatient, asleep, distracted etc.
So too is are the acts of cruelty that take place in Lapvona, of which there are no shortage. Moshfegh is a darling writer. She captures so accurately the in-betweens of humanity: the sympathy of the monster, and the demonic desires lurking within all. Lapvona isn't explicit about the message it is trying to convey, because it is easy enough for the reader to determine without some sort of moral being hand-fed to you.
This book is a 5 star so far, but I certainly realize that not everyone will want to read it. If you can stomach the grotesque, this is a story that's hard to take your eyes off of.
Area X has been cut off from the rest of the world for decades. Nature …
I really enjoyed this book! I am honestly a little surprised at how many people found it boring, but I was quickly wrapped up in the world and enamoured by our narrator's priorities changed and her detailed descriptions of the environment.
Perhaps the writing was a bit dry for some, but I found it on par with H.P. Lovecraft; although far less racist (so infinitely better than Lovecraft).
Obsessed with creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks …
William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (2021, Independently Published)
General Editor Richard Adams • Complete and unexpurgated Shakespeare texts • Extensive notes and questions opposite the text for a …
Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel by Nobel Prize-winning British author William Golding. The book focuses on a …
The Picture of Dorian Gray is a Gothic and philosophical novel by Oscar Wilde, first published complete in the July …
