Saturday, January 5, 2013

Norman Rush, Whites ***

This short collection of stories is like the extra features on the DVD for Mating or Mortals: deleted scenes or early shorts. The flavor is similar, and you can see the seeds of ideas that recur in the novels. The first story even shares a narrator with Mating, although her voice is very different. Rush's style is not fully formed yet, except for his descriptive powers. 

The book was enjoyable as a supplement to the novels rather than as a standalone collection. 

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