Johanna Skibsrud's latest collection of 14 short stories gives us glimpses into the not-so-ordinary lives of a child to a senior, and everyone in between.
I liked how she told the soldier's story in A Horse, A Vine. It came out very easily and naturally, his thoughts fast and literal.
The Weatherman too, comes off in the same manner. His sort of stream of consciousness dialogue takes us through his suicidal thoughts over the mundaneness that is is career, and life.
In The Last Frontier - her take on reality TV - we discover when people aren't interested anymore, you're literally on your own. In this case, the show takes places on Mars. That's a scary thought.
Skibsrud explores how a "super human" suffers in The Remember. Does a data bank have feelings? What else are they to do with all the knowledge that's pumped into them? Of course a range of flip flopping emotions ensues.
A lot of regular people facing not so regular situations in Tiger Tiger.
I received Tiger Tiger in a GoodReads giveaway.
Until next time,
Kara
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