Shokotort

Was recommended by a CEO of a coffee company. Good enough.

Skipped some sections, may be need to revisit those circular fairy tale loops at another stage in life.

read it in one go, over 24 hours, still have the tender feelings for Gogol and his relationships three days later

deep beautiful sentences
from interview with author “I've since been to Israel, and even though i do feel a kinship with the country, I know I am not of the place either. So multiple places have claims on my heart. I expect it will always be this way for me. I don't see it as a happy condition. I think it is healthier and more natural fro a person to feel himself at home in one place. For some reason, this identification is something all people crave, which is why the experience of exile is painful.”

For some reason starting almost every important story with “Oh, but wait, I need to tell you something before I do that” got annoying and I found myself skipping paragraphs. Otherwise, great work by great author.