With the year nearly over, here is a list of things I’ve read which stuck in my mind for one reason or another. Gerald Murnane - Stream System This startling collection of short stories and novellas by Gerald Murnane changed the way I think about fiction. Its elliptical, recursive tangents loop around a central image or conceit, likening the psychological response of reading to the recall of memory, presenting a mental landscape in which the narrator finally unifies the disparate threads of his life into a “private history of the world.”
Things I Read In 2022
Things I Read In 2022
Things I Read In 2022
With the year nearly over, here is a list of things I’ve read which stuck in my mind for one reason or another. Gerald Murnane - Stream System This startling collection of short stories and novellas by Gerald Murnane changed the way I think about fiction. Its elliptical, recursive tangents loop around a central image or conceit, likening the psychological response of reading to the recall of memory, presenting a mental landscape in which the narrator finally unifies the disparate threads of his life into a “private history of the world.”