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My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Otessa Mosfegh

May 18, 2025 by Zirza Leave a Comment

The year is 2000, the place is downtown Manhattan. Our protagonist is young, beautiful and rich. She has a degree in art history from a prestigious university and a job at a trendy art gallery. On the face of it, she is living the Manhattan dream, but she is deeply unhappy. All she wants is to sleep. Her theory is that her cells will renew themselves that way, that she will thus become a new person. So she locks herself into her apartment, takes staggering […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: 9/11, anxiety and depression, my year of rest and relaxation, new york, New York Art Scene, Otessa Mosfegh

Zirza's CBR17 Review No:26 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: 9/11, anxiety and depression, my year of rest and relaxation, new york, New York Art Scene, Otessa Mosfegh ·
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Let’s Try This Again

Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez

January 5, 2025 by elderberrywine 6 Comments

When I was in high school, being a “college track” kid, we had a choice of only one fine arts elective.  For me, it would always be music, never art.  And when I got to college, art was the one elective I could never take, because the textbooks were just so damn expensive.  So even though, I love a good museum, and am willing to examine just about anything that hangs on the walls (looking at you Frank Stella with your solid black canvas – […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: Cuban artist, magic realism, New York Art Scene, Two time lines, Xochitl Gonzalez

elderberrywine's CBR17 Review No:1 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: Cuban artist, magic realism, New York Art Scene, Two time lines, Xochitl Gonzalez ·
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