Equivocality

I have been putting off writing about this book for several weeks, because I’m not sure I can do it justice. To be specific, I think I understand what the book is about, but I don’t know how to explain it.The closest I have been able to come is: this is a book about being alive.

Art is a four-letter word that cuts through logic.

There are certain writers who astound me with their imagination. Their books are simply so far out of my universe — even my imaginary universe — that my jaw metaphorically drops as I read them. China Mieville is such an author.