5/13/2023 0 Comments The Bruise by Magdalena Zurawski![]() ![]() ![]() "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Paperback. This is a marvelous debut."―Brian Evenson Quietly funny and benignly obsessive, there are no bells and whistles here, but simply carefully chosen words that render a life in beautifully exact and breathless terms. " The Bruise manages to present all the loops and turns of a mind figuring out where it stands in relation to itself while staying playful and spare and crisp in all the right ways. But the book and writing are clever, one has to give Zurawski that. Summing Up: Optional. To hold one's breath waiting for the plot would not be good for one's health. Is this a female David Foster Wallace-men are allowed to do this lettered wallowing, or is it wandering? This reviewer is not sure the journey is worth the wait. The question is whether the reader cares enough to get that far. ![]() One realizes that the narrator's narcissism and intention for everyone in her life to notice her, to see her in her wounded state, is a metaphor for the narcissism and pathetic boredom of American culture in the 21st century. And here is where Zurawski gets to the reader. ![]() The other story: the young woman is visited by an angel, who bruises her. The outside story: young woman goes to college life is boring she eats ham for dinner she has a female lover they have sex, which is boring she goes to writing workshops, writes a story. ![]()
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