Bonsai won the Chilean Critics Award for best novel of the year in 2006and it's easy to understand why. — Jonathan Messinger Copy Share Image
“How did it die?" he asked. "Short circuit," I said. "Old and frayed wires." He looked at me like I was senile. "Could have… — Jonathan Messinger Copy Share Image
“So there are no ill effects?” I asked. “Well, as I said, you could die.” I looked him in the eye, my one good eye flicking back and forth between the two of his. “So, if you had to give me odds for living another forty years, say until I was seventy, what would the odds be?” “I’m not very… — Jonathan Messinger Copy Share
The quotes are often poignant or funny (one man before the firing squad requests a bulletproof vest) and often don't register as much more than interesting historical documents from centuries past. But read in aggregate, all that pain piles up. Essentially, Elder has amassed a collection of what people say when they know they are going to die, the final… — Jonathan Messinger Copy Share
How could you love something so destructive?" I ask. "Because this wolf doesn't care if your heart is whole or not," you say. "It… — Jonathan Messinger Copy Share Image
“To break the silence the old man said the first thing that came to his mind: "Loneliness is a type of violence.” — Jonathan Messinger Copy Share Image
Bonsai won the Chilean Critics Award for best novel of the year in 2006and it's easy to understand why. — Jonathan Messinger Copy Share Image
No one writes a story like Lydia Davis. In the years since she began publishing her lyrical, extremely short fiction, she has quietly become one of the most impactful influences on American writers, even if they don't know it. That's largely because she makes economy seem so easy. You could read several of her stories into a friend's voicemail box… — Jonathan Messinger Copy Share
The impulse to tell the truth was not as great as the fear of being left off the page. — Jonathan Messinger Copy Share Image
“I don't think my moped could outrun a cheetah." "Hun," Claire says. "There are more important things you need to outrun, and a moped… — Jonathan Messinger Copy Share Image
Reading the [The Verso Book of Dissent] is like encountering the best version of our angry selves. — Jonathan Messinger Copy Share Image
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