A strange and misty novel set in colonial Van Diemen’s Land.
Tag: Novel
Review: Real Life by Brandon Taylor
An aching novel of a young man trying to find a place in the world.
Review: Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees
A dreamy, mirage-like novel where things change shape before your eyes.
Review: Poly by Paul Dalgarno
Poly is a riot of a novel, an all out brawl.
Review: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
There are a lot of feelings in Mary Shelley’s cautionary tale of science run amuck, but her depiction of nature in all its untrammelled grandeur is still something to behold.
Review: Cleanness by Garth Greenwell
Cleanness is a book of lofty ideas, grounded in the flesh.
Review: Fleishman Is In Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
What would happen if a married woman behaved like a man? Fleishman Is In Trouble provides the answer.
Review: Summer by Ali Smith
Ali Smith’s Seasonal quartet is over. What a journey, and what a time for it to end.
Review: Notes From Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky (translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky)
A short and brutal dissection of societal sickness.
Review: The Animals In That Country by Laura Jean McKay
The Animals In That Country is premised on the idea that if we could suddenly understand what are animals are saying, it would drive us insane.
