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A review by erraticeldandil
Novels in Three Lines by Félix Fénéon
dark
funny
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
I really enjoyed this. This is a collection of two or three line "crime watch"/"minor news" snippets from a newspaper in 1906 written by Felix Feneon.
The snippets were artfully written, never getting repetitive despite the similar nature of a lot of the events. There were shocking moments and notes of dry wit and sarcasm which were very much appreciated.
Throughout the book, I found myself wanting to use the snippets as jumping off points for writing exercises because they conjured up such interesting imagery.
Full of a lot of death and violence, so not the easiest to read through in one go but painted a very good picture of this time period.
The snippets were artfully written, never getting repetitive despite the similar nature of a lot of the events. There were shocking moments and notes of dry wit and sarcasm which were very much appreciated.
Throughout the book, I found myself wanting to use the snippets as jumping off points for writing exercises because they conjured up such interesting imagery.
Full of a lot of death and violence, so not the easiest to read through in one go but painted a very good picture of this time period.