A journalist in an unnamed, totalitarian state heads to an offshore oil rig to write about dissent there, only to be thwarted by his submergence into a different world, in Babak Lakghomi's South.
This is a spare, lyrical novel infused with longing, as our protagonist, known only as B, meditates on his lost father, his failing marriage, his floundering career.
Really worthwhile for fans of world literature. I checked this out from the New Castle-Henry County Public Library in New Castle, Indiana and read it quickly.
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