What I’m Reading: Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu
Synopsis: “In the twelve unforgettable tales of Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century, the strange is made familiar and the familiar strange, such that a girl growing wings on her legs feels like an ordinary rite of passage, while a bug-infested house becomes an impossible, Kafkaesque nightmare…These visions of modern life wrestle with themes of death and technological consequence, guilt and sexuality, and unmask the contradictions that exist within all of us.”
My take: Mesmerizing. Emotional. Beautiful, poetic language. Literary, with sprinkles of speculative and the fantastic. The text tackles so much, from grief and insomnia to the passage of time and technology. I adore all of these stories. The ones I can't shake are "Liddy, First to Fly," "The Doll," and "June Bugs."
