Een schitterend wit : een vertelling

This work was written as one long stream of consciousness, which made it a little difficult to follow at first. The more I read, however, and became familiar with the voice, the more compelling it became to understand what was happening to the main character in the forest. The book is like reading

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the thoughts of a man who has lost his way and is at the end of his life, documenting for himself the transition from life to death, including the presence of God.

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The blurb says Fosse is considered a modern-day Beckett. I agree. Your internal response to that description will likely tell you whether or not to read this. For me Beckett and Fosse are the very essence of a 3-star. They amuse me both because there are some funny observations and because I am

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amused this work has a place in modern literature. A Nobel-winning place. My reaction to the work of both writers/Nobel laureates is this inner monologue, "But why? You ask why? Yes I do. Exactly."

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