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gillianredstone's review
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
3.75
zylon's review
4.0
It's almost exhaustingly self-reflective but Vila-Matas creates a labyrinth of truths and falsities that's impossible not to get engrossed in.
taffytams's review
5.0
took it off a shelf by chance because of its catchy name, and i can say this is one of the most clever books of all time. spectacular.
aundie27's review against another edition
3.0
The purpose of this novella definitely went over my head. A story within a story within a story that felt anticlimactic to me. I liked the idea at first, but the last third was rather boring with the author's obsessive thoughts. Also, may I live to never have a catheter...
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