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A glistening doorknob without a door

Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval

November 19, 2019 by Claire Badger Leave a Comment

I picked up this book because I wanted something atmospheric. When daylight savings hits and I stop experiencing sunlight I get into these funks and all I want is deep base and prose the blurs the line between poetry and description, and narratives that aren’t but could be. I found this book on a list of books similar to Annihilation, so if you liked the atmosphere woven through that story, and want something with even less coherent narrative, this is it. You’ve found that weird […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: body horror, England, Jenny Hval, Norwegian, novella

Claire Badger's CBR11 Review No:27 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: body horror, England, Jenny Hval, Norwegian, novella ·
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