Welcome to Litsy!

Tough book to summarize in so few characters. It's formally daunting, a literal labyrinth of stories exploring themes of abandonment and melancholy using the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur as a central metaphor tying them together. There are numerous digressions - "side paths" as they're called - yet they're never tedious and the central narrative holds throughout. Better than Time Shelter IMO, and should have been what won Gospodinov an award.

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I was born at the end of August 1913 as a human being of the male sex.

#MarchMagic Day 18: This is #AboutScience - sort of, part of my book hunting expedition while in the US last winter. 💕