Author: Jonathan Thornton
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I AM LAZARUS by Anna Kavan (BOOK REVIEW)
“What a fiendishly efficient machine war is, she thought, remembering him as he was and the writing, a bit immature but sensitive and direct and with ... -
UNDER THE NET by Iris Murdoch (BOOK REVIEW)
“We all live in the interstices of each other’s lives, and we would all get a surprise if we could see everything.” Under The Net (1954) ... -
ASYLUM PIECE by Anna Kavan (BOOK REVIEW)
“What’s the good of appealing to senseless machinery? The cogs are moving, the engines are slowly gathering momentum, a low humming noise is perceptible even now. ... -
THE ANIMALS IN THAT COUNTRY by Laura Jean McKay (BOOK REVIEW)
“Animals are straight up like that. It’s people you have to watch out for.” “Birds are making nonsensical sounds above, but all around me, trails of ... -
THE RUINS OF CONTRACOEUR AND OTHER PRESENCES by Joyce Carol Oates (BOOK REVIEW)
“What is interesting here, from a disinterested/objective perspective, is how the unimaginable improbable will become, within a surprisingly short period of time, the imagined probable. How ... -
Jonathan’s Most Anticipated Reissues for 2022
Goodness, it’s that time of the year again! As we batten down the hatches and distract ourselves from the outside world by getting excited about the ... -
GRIEVERS by adrienne maree brown (BOOK REVIEW)
“She felt along an edge of awareness in her too, the massive distinction between well and sick, the slender shade of difference between sick and dead. ... -
THE CABINET by Un-su Kim (BOOK REVIEW)
Un-su Kim – The Cabinet (2006, translated by Sean Lin Halbert 2021) “This is a story about a new species, one that has been hitherto considered ... -
A COUNTRY OF GHOSTS by Margaret Killjoy (BOOK REVIEW)
“Hron’s a country, I guess,” Sorros said, “in that we’re a collection of people with a somewhat-shared culture who commonly defend certain rough borders and principles. ... -
THE GAP IN THE CURTAIN by John Buchan (BOOK REVIEW)
John Buchan – The Gap In The Curtain (1932, reissued 2021 by Handheld Press) “‘But it was worth it,’ he added, getting up and reaching for ...