Dept. of Speculation (Vintage Contemporaries)
From the acclaimed author of Weather comes a slim, stunning portrait of a marriage--a beguiling rumination on the mysteries of intimacy, trust, faith, knowledge, and the condition of universal shipwreck that unites us all. ONE OF THE 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR - THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW A Best Book of the Year: The New Yorker, The Boston Globe...show more
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Full of short prose of the running thoughts of the main character, it was interesting to see the author depict the character referring to herself from I/myself to the wife with moments of she/her. It was as if the main character was trying to find themselves in the identity of becoming a partner to a mother to the individual character. The short random facts and proverbs were interesting distractions and running concepts to the storyline.
This was a very quick read. I enjoyed the style of the book and it's that factor more than anything else that would lead me to recommend it. There isn't much plot, and where there is- it took a dark turn. I wasn't prepared for the dark turn from the beginning of the book but that's pretty accurate to real life. There was a lot that was left off the page in a way I didn't think was ideal.
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