glitterpigeon • reading

This book was a gift from a professor because it reminded her of my writing style I guess. I am enjoying it so far. It depicts violence and this really immensely fucked up situation this character is in in such a unique way. "it was the year the sow eradicated her piglets" is the first line and I love how it is so concise while also containing a lot of information and opening a lot of questions. I am a poet more than a prose writer and so you know I value conciseness. it sorta reminds me of the scene from Macbeth where the horses are said to have started eating each other. human violence refracted through strange occurrences in nature that seem almost to bend around the force of what people can do to each other.