re:mote voices

He said before that literature,
indeed all culture,
was a celebration of life,
if not a declaration of love for things.
-"Girl", Midnight All Day
-Hanif Kureishi

Do more than think.
More and more people will tell you they have magic.
Magic like the sticks of dynamite.
Don't Believe them.
-"Translations", Night Geometry and The Garscaden Train
-A.L. Kennedy

I went down to the kitchen and opened the fridge.
There were three cans of beer,
most of a salami,
a mouldering of old cheeses,
half a tub of margarine,
half a jar of marmalade,
half a pint of milk
and the head of Orpheus.
-The Medusa Frequency
-Russel Hoban

-with the end of quicksilver i have been playing about with reading some short stories, notably from collections by kureishi and kennedy. which i will continue to read bits and pieces of over the next while. however with three hoban books sitting waiting to be read i've been tackling the medusa frequency. which i've been quite enjoying, still seeing comparisons to murakami with this piece, though perhaps getting undercurrents of gaiman what with the head of orpheus and the presence of eurydice and the kraken in this piece. nearly finished the book though, so more comment once i've done that!