In her 2003 novel Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood describes a future after humanity had been almost entirely wiped out by a plague. Jimmy, aka Snowman, lives...
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On the strength of this novel alone, it is clear that Jonathan Lethem is irritatingly gifted. What should come across as a gimmicky device (the main character has Tourettes Syndrome and experiences tics throughout the book) actually adds to the story's already strong sense of reality. The weirder things become, the more the reader is compelled to shrug and say, "Truth is stranger than fiction."
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The stories in this collection feel frighteningly authentic, despite the absurdity of many of their premises. This is A.M. Homes' intelligent comment on the cultural cliche of what lurked just beneath the surface of middle-class suburban family life during the fifties and sixties--re-imagined for the present.
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I Have the Right to Destroy Myself (Harvest Original) by Young-Ha Kim
C.M. Taylor, August 11, 2007
With just over one hundred pages in which to lay down his craft, Kim makes every word count. This is an intensely cryptic, yet tender novel.(8 of 18 readers found this comment helpful)
Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem
C.M. Taylor, July 5, 2007
On the strength of this novel alone, it is clear that Jonathan Lethem is irritatingly gifted. What should come across as a gimmicky device (the main character has Tourettes Syndrome and experiences tics throughout the book) actually adds to the story's already strong sense of reality. The weirder things become, the more the reader is compelled to shrug and say, "Truth is stranger than fiction."(14 of 24 readers found this comment helpful)
The Safety of Objects by A M Homes
C.M. Taylor, July 5, 2007
The stories in this collection feel frighteningly authentic, despite the absurdity of many of their premises. This is A.M. Homes' intelligent comment on the cultural cliche of what lurked just beneath the surface of middle-class suburban family life during the fifties and sixties--re-imagined for the present.(11 of 16 readers found this comment helpful)