Speaking to the The Guardian as a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize in 2015 (a prize he later won), Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai said, “If there are readers who haven’t read my books, I couldn’t recommend anything to read to them; instead, I’d advise them to go out, sit down somewhere, perhaps by the… Read More Review: László Krasznahorkai’s The World Goes On
It is impossible to read this, William Vollmann’s 2500-page examination of the morality of violence, without reflecting on one’s own relationship to violence. And so here is a story: During my undergrad years I helped pay my tuition by working in a small mom-and-pop video store with an extensive (for our location, anyhow) pornography collection.… Read More Rising Up And Rising Down (unabridged)
“‘Something Happened’ is black humor with the humor removed.” –Kurt Vonnegut I thought I liked depressing novels. And I do. But I’ve reached my limit. I will not be able to read a book more depressing than Something Happened, Joseph Heller’s second novel. If I read another book and find the emotional suffering to be… Read More Something Happened
