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Ladataan... EndlandTekijä: Tim Etchells
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Kings, lords, liars, usherettes, goal-hangers, gun-men and prostitutes, Whether or not these stories bear any relation to life as it is lived in Endland (sic) is not my problem and good riddance to all those what prefer to read about truly good, lucky and nice people - you won't like this crap at all. A series of cautionary tales for our digital age,Endland is comical and brutal, set in strangely familiar locations that at times seem like Thatcher-era Northern towns under military rule or post-Brexit council estates after a Farage party bender. And things are leaking into Endland from all over the place. Nothing is stable. Now is also then and next year, a landscape that is future and medieval at the same time. What's more, the gods have started drinking at lunchtime, which can only lead to trouble. In narratives working a bit like poetry orcartoons, in empty tower blocks, midnight diners and bomb-site cities, Endland is a dysfunctional mirror of England. The world fashioned by Thatcher, Google, IFOR, ICANN, Brexit,Big Brother, Bin Laden and Trump needs new tools to navigate them. These grotesque stories are close to the bone, and help us get close to the heart of the times we are living in. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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A combination of a 1999 collection and more modern pieces, these are dark tales which mix pop references, myth, social comment and everything else. Some of the stories work, but it's all very bleak.
Anyone looking to escape from the awfulness of the world right now, well, this is an unfortunate time to publish this. Interesting but ultimately too depressing. In Jarvis Cocker's introduction to this book he writes: 'I respect this book - but I never want to read it again.' Indeed. ( )