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Reviewed on May 15, 2016 | Fiction
In Khemiri's (Swedish) August Prize-winning work, an unnamed novelist tries to piece together the life of a young man named Samuel, dead from a violent crash, an accident/suicide. It's been said that a second-person-voice novel is impossible, but this effectively is one. Characters speak directly to the novelist, sometimes addressing him as "you"; the most frequent voices are a girlfriend, Laide, and a best friend/roommate Van...Log In or Sign Up to Read More



