Brian Charles Clark

In what might be too "literary" a work for most readers, Splitting tells a tale of lost love, similar to something like Dante's Divine Comedy, only much, much stranger, and harder to follow. In the spirit of Kerouac or possibly Joyce, Clark presents a story in which every statement could have multiple meanings.

Be it a tale told from a denizen of a mental institution, or an account of a subversive alien invasion in a not-too-distance future, or maybe all the above, Clark really leaves a LOT up to interpretation.

This book is no behemoth, like Ulysses or Finnegans, so it's not too hard to consume, however, the very experimental nature of the writing may make it hard for many to digest. If you're looking for something weird, then perhaps this one's for you. If you're happy reading books that use a familiar grammatical structure and lexicon, be it a New York Times Bestseller, or a Pulitzer Prize winner, you're best going elsewhere.… (mehr)