2018 NBA Translated Longlist: Wait, Blink

[Bob]

Wait, Blink: A Novel by Gunnhild Øyehaug, Translated by Kari Dickson

[Beverly]

Wait, Blink is available as an audio book on Hoopla, if your library subscribes to this service.

[Carol]

I have an arc I never read of it, and I don’t really know why other than, it didn’t grab me in the first twenty pages. I want to read it, though, and this award only challenges me to do so sooner. Perhaps others’ comments will provide inspiration...

[Sam]

I finally got to this one. I liked the experimental form, the author's use of allusions, and especially the peculiar narration. The author uses a plural "We," to tell the story and this "We" moves like a camera through time, through space, and through the thoughts of the characters as they struggle to connect with one another. There is more to this narrarator but that wiuld be a spoiler.