Caren Gussoff Sumption Reviews The Wick by Julianna Baggott
The Wick, Julianna Baggott (Underland 978-1-63023-068-5, $13.99, 100pp, tp), January 2023.
Julianna Baggott’s latest novella, The Wick, is a paradox: it’s short, abbreviated even, but also expansive. It’s utterly unlike anything I’ve ever read, but also, somehow, the lovechild of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go and Carol Emshwiller’s The Mount. It’s experimental and literary, making full use of the usually avoided second person point of view ...Read More
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