Morseby's Memoirs

Author: Sun Xiaozhen, Dong Leshan, et al. Translated
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: The short stories here do not seem to be as quickly disjointed as typical short fiction, winning through subtle and perceptive style. They everywhere reflect the author's consistent mastery of language—rich, steady, broad in scope, and narrated in a leisurely manner. Moreover, they always give the impression of being like reading a novel, which presents an interesting contrast to Bellow's declared intention of making novels short and short. Bellow seems a bit relentless. He insists on depicting painful Minotaur-like faces on the monuments that symbolize our material triumphs, exposing the comedy of the flesh and various indispensable details. This is his signature style. Yes, those indispensable details are always so vibrant, whether in the casually pilfered Silver Disc or The Remembered Life of MOSBY. There is one thing we can be certain of: the author will likely find it difficult to fulfill his ambition of making his novels truly short and short.