Wednesday, July 7, 2010

03 by Jean-Christophe Valtat (2010 Farrer, Straus & Giroux)


This awkward and strange novella consists solely of the inner dialog of an introverted and extremely perceptive teenager who is struggling with his unrequited love for a mentally retarded 14 year-old girl he has never met. What makes it unsettling is that he feels no moral shame about being attracted to her, only fear of what a cold and hypocritical world will do to him if he's found out.

How the title, "03" relates to the story is beyond me.

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