![]() ![]() ![]() Like its author, it is rarer, weirder, more ambitious. Veniss Underground is not one of those books. The book offers consolation: the world may be broken but, at least in this small corner, the pieces remain comprehensible. What initially seems unfamiliar becomes recognizable, and with that recognition comes reassurance. But a map can be drawn, plotting the course from A to B, from their realm to ours. ![]() Maybe not the world as it is, right now or right here. Oh, I see, the reader says: this is supposed to be the world. As you gradually acclimate to the environment, the particulars of this new place-its strange sounds, smells, colors-sharpen into focus, revealing patterns and dynamics, fundamentals beneath the surface, love or anxiety or gravity. Lost at first, you look around for markers, footholds, anything that might provide solid ground, some basic sense of orientation. ![]()
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