Sorrentino
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Review of Aberration of Starlight by Gilbert Sorrentino
Flashes of brilliance. A highly unpleasant reading experience, but nonetheless rewarding. My first step into Sorrentino’s version of the world. It interested me enough that I know I will have to read his other novels. Aside from Mulligan Stew, they are relatively short, therefore his ceaseless experimentation is digestible. The…
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Review of The Abyss of Human Illusion by Gilbert Sorrentino
A brief, final testament left by Sorrentino, and proof that his dotage was virile and discerning. Broken into 50 scenes, these flask fictions (flash fictions) are reminiscent of Barthelme and even, fragments of Bolano. Often humorous, this “novel” shines with deep human emotions, wry bathos – as the author himself…
L. S. Popovich 