Bliss Montage - Paperjale.eus

English hizkuntza

2022ko abe. 28a(e)an Farrar, Straus & Giroux(e)n argitaratua.

ISBN:: 978-0-374-29351-2
OCLC zenbakia:: 1294827853

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What happens when fantasy tears through the screen of the everyday to wake us up? Could that waking be our end?

In Bliss Montage, Ling Ma brings us eight wildly different tales of people making their way through the madness and reality of our collective delusions: love and loneliness, connection and possession, friendship, motherhood, the idea of home. From a woman who lives in a house with all of her ex-boyfriends, to a toxic friendship built around a drug that makes you invisible, to an ancient ritual that might heal you of anything if you bury yourself alive, these and other scenarios reveal that the outlandish and the everyday are shockingly, deceptively, heartbreakingly similar.

3 edizio

Julie R (e)k Ling Ma(r)en Bliss Montage liburuaren kritika egin du

Weird, but entertaining. No real endings, though.

3 izar

Weird and entertaining, but I was often frustrated by the lack of any real ending to the pieces. These all seem to the written in the most modern of lit styling - surreality coupled with a false depth that feels humorous or profound depending on your mood and temperament. Just as I would accept the premise and become engrossed in the character or plot, the story would just...stop. It feels a bit lazy, honestly. Having said that, what is written here is fascinating in its weirdness. I like it the same way I like Sabrina Orah Mark's work - these stories are less melancholic and fairy tale-ish than hers, but retain that same wtf-ery. I think it's good to stretch our expectations of reality through stories this way, esp in a time when it's hard to be surprised by things.