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Evan Dara’s The Lost Scrapbook: First Japanese Translation

It brings us immense pleasure to announce that Evan Dara’s The Lost Scrapbook will be available in its first-ever Japanese translation this November, translated by the esteemed Yoshihiko Kihara. Known for its unique style—written without periods and narrated by countless anonymous voices—this novel has long been considered an “unread masterpiece.” Originally published in 1995, TheContinue reading “Evan Dara’s The Lost Scrapbook: First Japanese Translation”

The Reader’s Role in Experimental Fiction

In the wilds of experimental fiction, the reader is not merely a passive recipient of story and structure but a co-conspirator in the act of creation, an often cross-eyed figure whose interpretive capabilities are summoned to fill the non-linear narrative gaps, resolve shady ambiguities, and imagine the text into meaning. The reader, in these instances,Continue reading “The Reader’s Role in Experimental Fiction”

The Lost Scrapbook – Goodreads Review

“For a book that has no discernible narrator and a multitude of anecdotal scenes which often times don’t resolve themselves and changes literary mid sentence this is a very readable book. Dara has drawn comparisons with Gaddis, especially Gaddis’ debut The Recognitions, but this book I believe is more comparable to Gaddis’ phenomenal JR. CeaselessContinue reading “The Lost Scrapbook – Goodreads Review”

A Reading of The Lost Scrapbook

While updating the resources for this site, I included an expanded entry for a series of posts from a pseudonymous blogger named Ba Jin. Back in the summer of 2015, he offered a memorable chronicle of his first reading of The Lost Scrapbook, which is laced with sharp insights and the inevitable questions that ariseContinue reading “A Reading of The Lost Scrapbook”

Preparing for The Easy Chain

Without knowing exactly where to start, I’ll begin at the beginning and wend my way through this marvelous and baffling book, which contains some of the best prose of this millennium, along with savage stretches that test and exasperate even the most faithful readers.  Like its perorative predecessor The Lost Scrapbook, The Easy Chain reveals new facetsContinue reading “Preparing for The Easy Chain”