This is a collection of short stories that range from giving a sense of unease to being outright disturbing | This collection of short stories is a good, characteristic introduction to his work |
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With each story here being pretty much a pisser and between 10 and 30 pages, there wasn't really much to it beyond the downbeat | This is a collection of short stories that range from giving a sense of unease to being outright disturbing |
The stories are powerful and well-written.
It appears the author suffered from a bad bout of White Man's Guilt, and knowing he had a broad international readership, and that his books would be purchased and read no matter what he wrote at that point, he decided that would be HIS penance, his volunteer work, his righteous contribution | It is notable its varied depictions of the sterility of the modern world, its sympathy for undeveloped characters, and its consistent search for new ways to narrate disaster in the form of gang rape, exploitation, petty theft, and pseudo-romantic suicide the lover drives off the same cliff exactly one year after the beloved took her plunge |
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That said, it was still pretty amazing | This was definitely one of Le Clezio's less chipper books |
Do not take me wrong; that is exactly the beauty of the several short stories in the book, all of which are daily facts that could happen to any regular person.