Cathy Jacobowitz

This slim book was tangled, and not as clear as I would have liked. There are three people whose stories we follow in a jumbled fashion. They are tangled, with time treated as just another ingredient in the mix. Things happen to one character, then to another much later in the story, and when the event is the same for both, it gets a little strange.
I am glad I don't live in this imagined world. I don't care for the massive amount of intrusive advertising that currently exists on the world wide web. I would go crazy with those ads crawling on my walls too.… (más)

2013. Brilliant book. In an America-gone-wrong in 2023 there's exists an apartheid state. Right here in New England, people of color are living in an inland forced-work-camp area, making the products the rest of us consume. Back on the other side of the wall advertising, now called Pop Show, is everywhere, and Sterling is a secret saboteur, working sometimes for years, just to take down a few jumbo-tron like screens of advertising for a few hours. When Sterling (white female) meets Lore (black female) non-violent revolutionary from inside the apartheid area, seual sparks fly as they argue about what to do to change their worlds. It's poignantly tragic how little they really can do in this world of horrifying limitations. Must read. Reminds me a little of The Handmaid's Tale except it's a racially split world rather than religious.… (más)