The Fourth World. Early in my reading I am struck by how she writes simple declarative sentences that beg profound questions as to the precise substance of nouns, the power of verbs to do or not do the things she expects them to do, the whole idea of causality, and the containment of consequence. One of my favorite lines so far: “Our dreams were fused, yet ludicrously abstract, not unlike a severe neurological breakdown.”
On Reading Diamela Eltit
by palumbo-liu | Aug 25, 2012 | All Blog Posts | 0 comments