{"id":30520,"date":"2024-11-04T12:25:08","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T16:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=30520"},"modified":"2024-11-04T12:25:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T16:25:08","slug":"greg-jackson-the-honest-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2024\/11\/04\/greg-jackson-the-honest-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Greg Jackson: “The Honest Island”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“The Honest Island”<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Greg Jackson<\/span>
\nfrom the November 11, 2024 issue of\u00a0The New Yorker<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/h3><\/div>

\"\"I<\/span> only know Greg Jackson through his short stories that have appeared in\u00a0The New Yorker<\/em>, which I have really liked. They often deal with a lost narrator (and, looking ahead at this week’s story, he might be on theme in “The Honest Island”). He has a story collection out called Prodigals<\/em>, and his debut novel,\u00a0The Dimensions of a Cave<\/em>, came out last year. Has anyone read it? I’d love to know more about it!<\/p>\n

Here is how “The Honest Island” starts:<\/p>\n

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Craint did not know when he had come to the island or why he had come. He had ransacked his mind but he could not remember and he could not recall many other things besides. The period before his arrival, for instance. He knew he came from elsewhere. His appearance made that abundantly clear, and he did not speak the islanders\u2019 language, although between gestures and the few words of his own language the islanders knew, he could communicate most of his basic needs.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Interesting! I hope you’ll share your thoughts below!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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