This is a strange, strange story. It revisions the Orpheus/Eurydice myth in ways I never imagined, placing it in modern times and yet still anchored in the ancient tale. I don’t like to use the term tour de force very often, but, really, I don’t think there’s any way this story isn’t one. It’s utterly unique and I wish I liked it more, but there’s a distance here I had trouble overcoming—perhaps it’s because I’m not as familiar with the myths as the author, at least not enough to get all the cleverness that I know is in this story. For someone without even a clue about the myth, this story must be unfathomable.