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Fantastic. I think this is what literature is supposed to do when it‘s at its best.

If you like edgy, experimental fiction that is (mostly) readable, this is for you.

The one other Litsy review for this said (and I completely agree) this is how we rewrite history—basically lifting up women writers who, so undeservingly, haven‘t gotten near the laurels or rep they should have.

“She thought of Clive‘s paintings; the need for posterity. How much better to create like the Navajo Indians, beginning at sunrise in the desert, a sand painting that would be rubbed out by sundown.”

Quin is a lost 60s talent emerging slowly into the book world buzz due to republishing of Berg and now these fragments. This is how we rewrite history to retilt the balance of celebrated talent, in rescuing authors like her.