![]() ![]() Zero K suspends its characters in a never-ending death, when they are cryonically frozen in a place called the Convergence, somewhere in the former Soviet Union. In fact, my initial reaction to Zero K was that it was an ideal companion to White Noise, that the later novel wraps up many of the ideas in the earlier one – and so it makes sense to move direct from one to the other.Ī character in White Noise suggests “all plots end in death”. ![]() But it’s also fascinating, because the two books have a lot in common. While I’ve been reasonably sure of my feelings about White Noise over the past few weeks of our Reading group, it’s challenging to turn from that book to Zero K. The prose is rich, chewy and best consumed in small mouthfuls, so I had to plod through it haltingly – but I relished it all the more in consequence. I suspect there’s much I’ve missed and I know there’s plenty I haven’t yet understood. I reserve the right to change my mind – to let it grow or diminish. I’ve finished it, but I haven’t really come to terms with it. So right now, I’m not going to venture anything like a definite judgment on Zero K. ![]()
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