Samuel Archibald
Autor/a de Arvida
Sobre l'autor
Obres de Samuel Archibald
Obres associades
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
Membres
Ressenyes
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 7
- També de
- 1
- Membres
- 124
- Popularitat
- #161,165
- Valoració
- 3.7
- Ressenyes
- 3
- ISBN
- 16
- Llengües
- 1
"[T]here are always times when I get attached to stories that aren’t stories really, that begin without ending and never get anywhere. Possibilities, dreams, and missed rendezvous. Phantoms and absences.
. . .
Nothing made writing more difficult for me than this fundamental impossibility. Like the anti-madeleines of my father in which all memory is swallowed up, the stories I like are untellable, or suffer from being told, or self-destruct in the very act of being formulated."
I was frustrated by the first six of the 14 stories in Arvida for precisely this reason: they didn't really feel like stories; they didn't go anywhere. I was sure that Arvida was shortlisted for the Best Translated Book Award ("BTBA") for a reason, though, and once Archibald found his stride, in "A Mirror in the Mirror," he took me to some very dark places indeed.
Arvida's unevenness led to its 3-star rating, but I am glad that I read it and grateful to Biblioasis and the BTBA for introducing me to Archibald's voice.
I received a free copy of Arvida through Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.… (més)