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5/1/2019 0 Comments

Milkman by Anna Burns

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How I Found: To keep pace with the literary world, I like to peruse the award winners for the year like the Man Booker prize. This was the 2018 prize-winner. I was intrigued by the content of The Troubles of Ireland, and I found myself in the mind of a young woman living through them. What I uncovered was less history and more stream-of-consciousness of a young woman's troubles. 
Why You Might Read: If you want to see that the troubles of a teenage girl are the same despite time, place, or political strife, that is what you’ll find. Although they may be more extreme with the possibility of murder and poisoning lurking in seemingly innocuous interactions, these troubles focused more on hers than those of Ireland.  Burns certainly developed a unique style with un-named characters and fluidity of syntax, but I had to hold on to the bitter end to find my favorite line, “I inhaled the early evening light and realized this was softening, what others might term a little softening. Then, landing on the pavement in the direction of the parks & reservoirs, I exhaled this light and for a moment, just a moment, I almost nearly laughed.” And that, was that.
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