Haiku Reviews

Thoughts in 17 syllables



2666 by Roberto Bolaño

optophobia:
a strange master's last visions
of apocalypse.


My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

through your eyes i see
myself; all forking streams must
someday reconvene.


Death in Spring by Mercè Rodoreda

'as i lay dying'
meets 'midsommar'—my goodness!
perfect little book.


Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

life: feudal, futile,
nasty, brutish, far too long...
man, what a bummer!


The Temptation of St Anthony by Gustave Flaubert

an odd little book
and a long night of the soul—
high gnostic drama.


Homegoing by Yaa Gyaasi

ambitious idea
executed just ok.
the writing irked me.


Woman Running in the Mountains by Yuko Tsushima

a book of colors
of motherhood and of faith
and of not-fathers.