The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell

Some of the described events did happen! Which is incredible taking into account how surreal they are. For example, the bizarre space program in Zambia. About the book This mix of surrealism and reality creates an effect where you can…

New blogsistential questions

A slump is a slowdown in an activity. I always imagined a blogging slump to be that cosy, lazy process when you simply don’t want to focus on your blog and choose to focus on something else. Turns out, it’s…

House of Glass by Susan Fletcher

There are many storylines and they are all connected on some level. I know it’s a sensitive topic so I’ll try to tread it carefully. I understand the necessity of acknowledging the problems, both historical and current ones, but modern…