Mary's review
Men and Cartoons
by Jonathan Lethem
Mary's review
Men and Cartoons by Jonathan Lethem
Mary's review
rating:
recommended for: You.
I was pleasantly surprised that this book broke my heart. Familiar with Lethem, I expected a delightfully lighthearted and silly read, but these story were so complex. I am impressed by the narrative arc they come together to make: this is a book about loss, about disappearing, about the invisible things we ignore or pretend to or cannot, and about the real and constant struggle of negotiating the tensions of our relationships. I was blown away. i had to stop after every story to think about what had just happened, how on the one hand I was amused, and on the other hand I wanted to cry. This book is full of strange worlds and charming characters and have a sort of haunting tangibility.
