This was a great short novel. It's very mundane and down to earth, somewhat jarring and refreshing after reading a lot of high fantasy and such. It reminds me of the lyrics to a Shad K song: genius.com/Shad-a-story-no-one-told-lyrics . It's the tale of an ordinary man growing old, and for some reason it enthralls the reader.

I thought it was lesser known, but reading about it after finishing it, it looks like it had a resurgence of popularity in the 2010s and is now quite well known. It's interesting to me to see pieces like this gain popularity after the author is no longer around.