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Clara's avatar

loved what you had to say about Intermezzo -- after my initial feelings and review, i find that what i keep thinking about, as someone who's been dealing with chronic pain this year, is people's weird reaction to sylvia's situation and the lack of empathy denoted by it. i'm glad you wrote about it! for your next keegan read, i suggest her (most recent, i think?) short stories collection, So Late in the Day. i read it last november and it was perfect.

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Abra McAndrew's avatar

All right. I was not planning to read Intermezzo but you have moved it to a future “borrow” status for me. Based on my library hold list for it I can probably get it in 2026.

Have you read By Night in Chile? Something about your review makes me think you might be interested. It’s short and weird and a wry commentary on how the bystanders in dictatorship (who didn’t commit crimes but were close enough to those who did to be considered their aids even as they kept their hands “clean”) justify themselves.

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