Sad, at this particular moment in time, very sad.

Good for you! And for the readers too. Congratulations!

Markovits' ”The Rest of Our Lives” was like a more intellectual version of ”All Fours” by Miranda July. Noisy family reunion, followed the empty nest syndrome, them full-blast mid-life crisis, cross-America solo journey, reassessment of one's priorities, abrupt grinding to halt.

Sad, smart, plain.

”Audition” is one of those novels with a final twist which, like the detective novels, relies on withdrawing/limiting information to the reader, & to shock them with a final surprise.

The protagonist's descent into delusion was a bit too brusque. I anticipated the twist some 5 pages before the end.

I still have less than 200 pages to read from ”The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny.” The premise might be interesting: the loneliness induced by the condition of an immigrant, but also by one's disastrous choices in the past.

The execution suffers from overrelying on Kiran's own life story & musings.

”The Land in Winter” was also my favourite.

Andrew Miller gets to the grain of matter in a writing manner that may seem neutral & observational, just to surprise you with tiny flashes of splendidly written observations that suddenly cast light on the whole. Intimate, sensitive, never judgmental.

I read ”Flesh” and was unimpressed. I understand its appeal to some, with its promise to focus on the ”flesh” of a person while ignoring their psychological motivations. But that's not new. Behaviorist novels, some of Nouveau Roman of the 60s had already done it.

Flat rags-to-riches-to-rags story.

A few years ago we looked for Albert Camus in the cemetery in Lourmarin, in Provence. It took us a while. When we finally found it, we were surprised how inconspicuous and modest it was.

I have some photos of it somewhere.

Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

I have read Kiran Desai's ”The Inheritance of Loss” and that would make me try this new novel by this interesting novelist.

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Nice cover. Reminiscent of Man Ray's "Ingres's Violin".

v.2, some tinkering with the collage...