pickI enjoyed the individual stories in this book, but they were quite different from each other, and that lack of cohesion somewhat affected my overall engagement, so a low pick
That said, the mix of sci-fi, macabre and historical fiction demonstrates a nice range of style, and they were all well written.
The title story is a fictionalised account of the exposure to radiation of a poor Brazilian community due to corporate negligence, which was ⬇️
"She tripped and fell; her swollen belly hit the ground."
- The Cave
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pickI was worried about this short story/essay collection after Go Set A Watchman, but I actually quite liked it. Some of these have previously been published, but they were all new to me. My favorite was Lee‘s recollection of the time when her friends gave her a year‘s salary so she could take the year off to write.
Atomito is the mascot of the Bolivian nuclear energy programme. In Colanzi's short story, Atomito assumes an apocalyptic guise for the poor residents of El Alto, living next to a nuclear power plant.
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🎵 Blowin' in the Wind
🎙️ Bob Dylan
💿 The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
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🎵💿Red Skies Over Paradise
🎙️Fischer Z
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Shashi Bhat makes the ordinary feel extraordinary. These stories examine a variety of women in familiar circumstances that crackle with depth and meaning. Everything is so well-observed; so layered; so rife with feeling. I‘ll definitely seek out more of her work.
On way to go kidsit my grandnephew! Very possible that I will soon be reading a kids picture book of a green truck instead 🚜
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pickThe three short stories in this collection are sad and strange, the protagonists living liminal existences which alienate them from the rest of humanity. There's a feel of Kafka's "Metamorphosis" in the changes that the characters undergo: surreal and tragic.
The longest (but still fairly short) story, "Nami, Who Wanted to Get Hit (and Eventually Succeeded)" is the saddest, dealing with bullying, child sexual exploitation and abuse, ⬇️
"Asa lived with her mother in a small rented apartment."
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The #Caturday #CatsOfLitsy photo of Miss Skye is entirely unrelated to the book, and is really just a shameless bid for extra likes! 😸😁 5h