This is a melancholy, unsettling book. It left me with more questions than answers.
You'll "never know what it’s like here."
That's pretty much how I felt when reading this book. Is the story speculative fiction? Magical realism? Female dystopian? Folk horror? A bit of all of the above? Maybe. Kind of. I'm not sure.
I was that strange visitor from Elsewhere in this surreal, particular world.
Told from the first person POV of Vera, Elsewhere reads almost like an intense character study of a woman searching for her own truths. Filled with introspective writing, the book seems to question motherhood and identity. A short book (only 223 pages), it is divided into 5 sections with no chapters. Each section is really a section of Vera's life. (I) childhood, (II) wife/motherhood (III) leaving (IV) returning (V) reflections.
In the end, I'm not even sure what to think.
You'll "never know what it’s like here."
That's pretty much how I felt when reading this book. Is the story speculative fiction? Magical realism? Female dystopian? Folk horror? A bit of all of the above? Maybe. Kind of. I'm not sure.
I was that strange visitor from Elsewhere in this surreal, particular world.
Told from the first person POV of Vera, Elsewhere reads almost like an intense character study of a woman searching for her own truths. Filled with introspective writing, the book seems to question motherhood and identity. A short book (only 223 pages), it is divided into 5 sections with no chapters. Each section is really a section of Vera's life. (I) childhood, (II) wife/motherhood (III) leaving (IV) returning (V) reflections.
In the end, I'm not even sure what to think.