kinda nervous this collection might be a 5 star read.
The pacing of this was kinda weird but overall this is gorgeousexcitingcreativeamazing. and the ethics class i read it in can too while we're at it. Omelas can f*ck off and die as far as i'm concerned. Now you might finally be able to envision a world where people have learned to love, as they learned in our world to hate."īrilliant and melancholy and inspiring. "Now, perhaps, you will think of Um-Helat, and wish. PROJECT 5: HOW LONG 'TIL BLACK FUTURE MONTH? BY N.K. PROJECT 4: THE LOTTERY AND OTHER STORIES BY SHIRLEY JACKSON PROJECT 3: 18 BEST STORIES BY EDGAR ALLAN POE PROJECT 2: HER BODY AND OTHER PARTIES BY CARMEN MARIA MACHADO PROJECT 1: THE COMPLETE STORIES BY FLANNERY O'CONNOR I've been meaning to pick up something by NK Jemisin for a long time, but i find long, literary short story collections far less intimidating than huge tomes of high fantasy, so here we are. To accomplish this, i'm going to work my way through the collected stories of various authors, reading + reviewing 1 story every day until i get bored / lose every single follower / am struck down by a vengeful deity.
Paulo tells him the “city will die” if the narrator does not intervene on its behalf, that “he is the catalyst, whether of strength or destruction,” a statement which leaves the narrator bewildered since he has never been important to anyone so far in his life (19).In case you somehow missed parts one and two and three and four clogging your feed for the past 4 months (and thank heavens for small mercies), here's the situation: The next time he meets Paulo, the narrator is starving and exhausted. While he is painting, he hears the breathing Paulo was referring to, so he starts painting “breathing-holes” across the city (18). After leaving the café, he finds some paint and starts to “paint the city” (17). Despite a moment of fear when a cop walks in, he feels comforted by the fresh food and patter of quiet conversation. He was disowned by his mother and has no home or steady income, so dining with Paulo in public is a treat. The narrator has trouble paying attention to Paulo’s worry though, because he is so excited to be eating breakfast in a café like “normal” people do (16). He joins Paulo, a smoker with “permanent puppy eyes,” who takes him to breakfast and tries to convey his worry about a “breathing” he keeps hearing (15).
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