Reviews

The Sorrow and the Fast of It by Nathanaël

caleb_tankersley's review

3.0

This isn't poetry. This isn't prose. It's a very interesting mesh of, well, proverbial little statements that sort of string together. I'd have to say, it's not the easiest book to read. And as a whole, it didn't make a lot of sense. However, isolated sections made a lot of sense, and had some great, dark commentary on urban life. Yah, go ahead and read it. I think, as long as you know what you're getting into, you won't be disappointed, and you'll like it.

daylark's review

5.0

It's not a book, or traditional story. It's prose, but it flows too. Staccato thoughts with a rawness, sharp edges--Nathalie allows thought to flow without apology for their intensity. I got through the book in a sitting, but found I wanted to read it again and again, in pieces.

I stand on the roof of a building that is condemned. The walls lean and I lean with them. We wait for collapse. And when it doesn't come we tear it down instead. We say no to the part that trembles. And hammer it to bits.