PositiveBooklist... an ambitious mix of contemporary southern gothic with Murakamiesque magical realism. Though forced at moments, the story is rich and labyrinthine, populated with complex characters. Told from the parallel points of view of the two boys named City, the book elegantly showcases Laymon’s command of voice and storytelling skill in a tale that is at once dreamlike and concrete, personal and political.
Chris Ware
RaveNew City LitChris Ware’s Building Stories...takes Ware’s approach to visual storytelling to a new level of game-changing ... The mathematical elements of the design and layout, coupled with iconographic forms, make the reader a formal collaborator in the work, drawing us in to let us be the ones to realize this is life, and someday all of this will be gone. Chris Ware’s stories are the sheet music that we read to hear music in our hearts.
