Oh sure, I was getting tired of urban fantasy...
Then I find this. Hmm, (woot), foreign accents.
With a round of searching for reviews of the book, I discovered the first chapter of Ekaterina Sedia's The Secret History of Moscow.
Gaiman has said nifty things about it, the protagonist is a schizophrenic and it seems it's mostly... an... analysis? thinky? of the subconscious of Moscow. And it's a weird dreamlike urban fantasy. With 'disappearances'. Hell yes.
Strangely, it also seems rather magical realist, which is way out of my usual. I think I can feel my neurons stretching recently; that's a very satisfying feeling; I think it started with American Gods this summer, heh.
I'll probably look for The Secret History of Moscow after Christmas. If I don't find it then, I'll interlibrary loan it. (At the same time as I grab Altered Carbon, when I hopefully have most of the things I've currently reading finished. Boggle.)
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jesterjoker) wrote,
contemplative
