6/11/2023 0 Comments Erebos u poznanski![]() ![]() There is a line of absurdity running through the piece that I don't think any reader would leave this chapter exactly up in arms, maybe more reflective about the subject matter, at worst. The boy seems completely aware of the trap he's walking into and, in fact, seems to suggest that it is his destiny to be swallowed up by this dark and predatory force. This part reads like a lion explaining to an antelope in an evasive form of doublespeak why he is about to devour him. There's some unsettlingly familiar social commentary at work there, if one plumbs deep enough.Probably the most disquieting section would be the final portion where we see an exchange between a pedophile and the boy who is his latest prey. more ways to leave the other, or make the other leave them all to no avail. There is also a man and woman in a relationship who spend their entire lives taunting one another and trying to think of. You have a man issuing ascribing romantic innuendos to a feral cat that bites his foot, someone freezing a bee and then thawing it out with a string tied to it so they can fly it like a kite and three men arguing over such banalities as whether life is candy bar good or just good (I definitely consider this book candy bar good, don't know about life though!). I think he makes greater use of irony and solipsism than straight surrealism, although there's certainly no question many scenes from his works are surreal in content.This is, without a doubt, Pink's most surreal work. Review 1: Contrary to popular belief, Sam Pink doesn't typically do surreal with his style. ![]()
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