At The New Yorker's Page-Turner weblog Mark O'Connell considers Gonçalo M. Tavares' 'Kingdom' novels, in Look at Your Hands -- discussing Joseph Walser's Machine, Jerusalem, and Learning to Pray in the Age of Technique.
O'Connell admits:
O'Connell admits:
Tavares is one of the most effective defamiliarizers I've ever read.(And don't forget Tavares' The Neighborhood -- just out in English ! -- either.)