Welcome to Litsy!

I‘m not sure why I requested this book from the library or who might have recommended it. It‘s a wild story - a bit like an old episode of a Rod Serling tv show. The story involves an underground internet program in which philanderers (in this particular case) are punished and a nun is part of the morality squad. I have no idea how to describe the book and I wouldn‘t necessarily recommend it but it was interesting while I was in the midst of it.

I can think of a few folks who fit this definition. 😤

^^ Characters rotting, distanced, broken, but called to moments of ecstatic beauty.

P. 73 > Media & circus: “There‘s no telling exactly why but there are some people it just feels so incredibly rewarding to hate […] it feels like these people are a magnet drawing all the hatred out of you […] it felt so good, so satisfying, to lie on the sofa and feel hate, to hate with all you‘ve got…”

Why do I even like this? A fascination, a spell. Detachment & a certain empty cruelty with moments of intense presence & passion. Narrative tricks I can‘t quite understand—how she keeps the narrative so fascinating & addictive yet so repulsive. Through the distancing? Care=selfish act. Nietzsche in the mix. Age, technology, revenge, morality, passivity/impulse, desperation, strangers in intense relationships. Gorgeous translation. Trans. 2022.