pickLet‘s catch up with a couple of reviews- the first is for the #InternationalBookerPrize2021 . It didn‘t make the shortlist, but I found this collection of short stories oddly compelling. Emphasis on odd.
Can Xue‘s stories are dream-like and nightmarish – nothing ever quite makes sense, the point is always just out-of-reach - best avoided if you need a plot. But I kept trying to figure them out. I felt like I‘d lived
panCollection of short stories, and almost all of them are dealing with some bizarre content. The thread between them could be the ugliness and cruelty around, and in us ... From sixteen stories I liked only two, and both of them are relatively conventional. I didn‘t like her previous novel, and I don‘t like her short stories. Can Xue isn‘t author for me, so take this ‘review‘ with the grain of salt. #InternationalBookerPrize2021
As previous week, the next reading week will be also dedicated to International Booker Prize. Tagged book is in progress, Sanatorium (mystery book set in Swiss Alps) is my reward for when I will be done with the IBP longlist, and How a Poem Moves is my audiobook pick for walks. I‘m always afraid of reading poems, and I hope that this book will help me to understand/appreciate them more. #weeklyforecast
What AM I reading?!
#internationalbookerprize2021
I Live in the Slums | 
By no means an easy read, a seriously strange reading experience, but one I‘d like to read this again.
Using this for #china #readingasia2021 @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle 3y