Pinky Wang Wang من عند Watukenongo, Pungging, Mojokerto, East Java, إندونيسيا
Darkly funny, though heavier on the dark than the funny. A bit as if Flannery O'Connor got drunk on ouzo with a bunch of gypsies and then decided to write a Greek Winesburg, Ohio while still hung over. I really liked the first story, which was almost novella length; the shorter ones that followed were a little hit and miss. Karnezis seemed very interested in the intersection between modernity and traditional village life, though he seems to find them equally depressing. There's a fablesque tone to most of the stories, although they're fables lacking a moral. A good read for a bad mood.