Bina's review
The Dead Fish Museum
by Charles D'Ambrosio
Bina's review
The Dead Fish Museum by Charles D'Ambrosio
Bina's review
rating:
recommended for: the cold, warm, and still-beating
I really dig these stories!
I mean, if I weren't otherwise involved, I'd probably make out with this book.
In all seriousness, how can you not love a writer who uses 'recalcitrant' in a not-annoying way?
I like D'Ambrosio's brand of nostalgic, subtle prose. 'Up North' and 'Drummond & Son' are stand-outs; look for the descriptions of the bat-like umbrella in the latter. Characters are painted as haunting apparitions of day and night, e.g. the title story's seedy hotel clerk: "Her blue eyes were milky and vague, the pupils tiny beads of black. Ramage could not imagine a youth for her – it was as if she'd been born fully ruined."
I mean, if I weren't otherwise involved, I'd probably make out with this book.
In all seriousness, how can you not love a writer who uses 'recalcitrant' in a not-annoying way?
I like D'Ambrosio's brand of nostalgic, subtle prose. 'Up North' and 'Drummond & Son' are stand-outs; look for the descriptions of the bat-like umbrella in the latter. Characters are painted as haunting apparitions of day and night, e.g. the title story's seedy hotel clerk: "Her blue eyes were milky and vague, the pupils tiny beads of black. Ramage could not imagine a youth for her – it was as if she'd been born fully ruined."
