The People of Paper
Like Dave Eggers’ obtrusive authority over the text of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, The People of Paper becomes not only the story of the people of El Monte, but of Salvador Plascencia, as the novel falls apart over a woman.
Susan Tomaselli reviews Salvador Plascencia’s The People of Paper.
Bending The Bars
Bending the Bars is not like Oscar Wilde’s De Profundis, not an account of a life filled with regret, nor, despite mentioning him a couple of times, is it as heavy as the prison notebooks of Antonio Gramsci. It is very much a literary endeavour, written in the form of stories rather than straight memoir or diaries.
Susan Tomaselli reviews John Barker’s Bending The Bars.