Veronica Gerber Bicecci, Trans. by Christina MacSweeney
MixedWorld Literature TodayPart family history, part lost love story, and mostly memoirish novel, Verónica Gerber Bicecci’s experiment with fragmented narrative augmented by illustration is not entirely successful but is quite engaging in many ways ... Bicecci’s writing can be captivating and her aperçus striking if a bit simple: \'We’re all waiting for what we can’t see to finally appear.\' The diagrams, often Venn, and other illustrations serve to underscore her points. But some of the risks she takes, such as writing sections in nonsense syllables or pursuing words down definitional rabbit holes, may leave the reader more frustrated than delighted.
