Often when reading narratives that decide to play with time, jumping back and forth without warning, I wonder if the book would hold up as well if it were rearranged in chronological order.
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Category: Reviews
The dark, beautiful magic of reading Russian master Gaito Gazdanov’s stories for the first time
There’s a tenderness within Gazdanov that seems to recall Carson McCullers or Anne Tyler
Why you should read You Were Never Really Here in one sitting
And when the narrative stops on a dime after an ice-cold 97 pages, you’re left wanting more.
The jury is in for Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s The Execution of Justice
The case is open and shut. But when the incarcerated murderer hires a disreputable lawyer to investigate the possibility that it was someone else, the case inverts into a claustrophobic entanglement of red tape, sin and checkered pasts.
Film review: Why you need to track down The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Devastatingly powerful and disorientating filmmaking, The Killing of a Sacred Deer is a true original.
Unlocking a riveting Japanese mystery: Masako Togawa’s The Master Key review
Themes of security, honour, obligation and voyeurism converge into something enticing and engaging under Togawa’s pen.
