I have nothing against surrealism. A surrealist work is like a puzzle that presents us with tantalizing hints of meaning, toys with our perception of it, dangling full understanding out of reach, and then leaves us with powerful images that keep reappearing in our minds, forcing us to reconsider what we have read. It makes…
Month: June 2019
REVIEW
“The Second Life of Eddie Coyne” by Louis K. Lowy
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This book is one of those “what if” fantasies that uses the possibility of a something-after-death to explore the development of a character. Eddie Coyne is a man with a gambling problem whose life is spiralling out of control when a fatal accident dumps him into limbo or purgatory or whatever you want to call…
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“We Call it Monster” by Lachlan Walter
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“Monster” is not really a novel and not really a book of short stories, but something in between. It is a set of events that take place as the world (specifically Australia) gradually slips into chaos due to the attack of monstrous creatures from inside the planet, which destroy human society and fight each other…
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“Feynman’s Artist” by D. D. T. Sik
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Have you ever been to a retrospective of an artist’s work, set up chronologically? This book of poetry strikes me that way. The poet starts out with more straightforward material, which changes as the book goes on and the writer moves into more obscure and creative forms of expression. The Early Stages“Fine China” is a…