I have now had the pleasure to have read more than a couple of Mr. Hofstatter’s stories and I must say his writing style is unique. For me this was a hard read for two reasons. The first was I needed to read and reread, then reread it thus coming up with different interpretations of many parts of the story with each reading! Which was an interesting thing. Second reason was that to me at times it reads like poetry. I don’t do well with poetry, never have probably never will. By no means this is a good thing as there are many readers out there that will have no problems with this as the author makes it work in this story.
I loved the imagery that opened in my mind while reading certain passages. “I stumbled through the door, hearing familiar shadows.” And “Charity-bought clothes and discarded dreams lived on the floor.” These are all throughout the story. This challenged me a little, making me think as I read it but that’s a good thing every now and then!
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