An actress finds herself while imitating Big Foot. A woman falls out of love with her husband, her student, and etymology after her father drowns. Another looks for a twinflower while others search for the Loch Ness Monster. Laura van den Berg's debut collection explores myths, legends and those who seek meaning in them.
I wasn't sure what to expect from this collection, but I ended up really loving it. It's such a strange concept for one, and in the hands of a lesser writer could've been easily fucked up. It works though. Works on almost every level. These are beautiful episodes of strange lives returned to mundanity after tragedy, which is something I'm really interested in. Every story seems to embody this theme of life goes on after seemingly unthinkable things. Drownings and house fires and runaways and spider bites and big foots and monsters and masks are catalysts for some pretty perfect, intimate character studies. I'm a little in love.
5 out of 5 dead men mowing.
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