![]() Again, there are jokes, factoids and quotes, as well as a healthy dose of survivalist lore, as the narrator, Lizzie, contemplates a “doomstead” - in light of dire climate data and roiling political and social currents. Like a sort of literary shadow box, the novel collects images and instances from the past few years, with the 2016 election as a clarifying point in this picture of a fraught and fragmenting world. of Speculation” looked inward, at the depths of marriage and motherhood, the concerns of “Weather” are existential. It was a virtuoso performance, and Offill’s new novel, “Weather,” unfolds in a similar way - impressionistic, jokey, vaguely chronological. ![]() of Speculation” had the feel of a finely calibrated stand-up routine, snippets of storytelling embedded with jokes and propelled along by a poignant sense of inevitability. ![]()
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