#chris adrian

[seidkonaz]

He was probably too handsome for his own good, and certainly too handsome for the good of others, since he was loved by every boy and girl that he met, and he broke hearts by the dozen.

Chris Adrian, from ‘Teague O’Kane and the Corpse’ in the collection My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me

[musingcloud]

It takes four angels to oversee an apocalypse: a recorder to make the book that would be scripture in the new world; a preserver to comfort and save those selected to be the first generation; an accuser to remind them why they suffer; and a destroyer to revoke the promise of survival and redemption, and to teach them the awful truth about furious sheltering grace.

Chris Adrian, The Children’s Hospital

[jenhedonia]

1. A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara v. 4. The New World by Chris Adrian & Eli Horowitz

Reading A Little Life can be like staring at one of those cartoons in Highlights magazine where you’re supposed to pick out all the incongruities, like a bird with a bowler hat or a wagon with boots instead of wheels. This entire novel is a wagon with boots instead of wheels.

[vintageanchorbooks]

I wanted to tell you that I was so sad I felt as if I might be happy, or in love, simply because such powerful feelings can appear the same to the naive. I was mighty with grief, and I thought I should be empowered by it.

Chris Adrian, Gob’s Grief

[steadfastreader]

Whatever Wednesday: The New World (A Tournament of Books Selection)

Whatever Wednesday: The New World (A Tournament of Books Selection)

I wanted The New World to be so much better than it was. For the first half I was absolutely entranced by the idea. It was complex and beautifully written. I liked the alternating viewpoints between Jim in the future and Jane grieving in the past. The world building was done well and the idea of cryogenics as something real and sustainable – eventually to the point where people are able to be…

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