Review: Mesmerizing and bittersweet
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 19, 2014
"Suicide Song (Songs)" by Wand Hartzenberg is a most beautiful and thoughtful short story about a young man's last moments on earth. The author zooms in from afar with mesmerizing observations about the night sky and a dark memory before homing in on that moment, throughout using great metaphores and scene setting.The writing is atmospheric and bittersweet while the setting is described in excellent detail. It is the perfect close up of the surrounding of th emoment to come. The scene was so captivating I felt as if it were me in that room.The afterword is almost as important and breath taking as the story itself when the author explains about her connection to the man. This truly touched me deeply.