Cover illustration by Sofia Lindgren.
Accepting Reality is the long-awaited (awaited by four or five people…) sequel to Confronting Reality. It was written during Saimon A.’s undergraduate studies, between 2011 and 2014. Although there is veneer of surrealism and absurdity in these stories, Saimon A. has furthered his scope. There is more satire. Warped mysteries. Dollops of pornography. There are obsessive characters. There are neuroses and psychoses. Saimon A. throws a lot of disparate elements together. Sometimes they gel, sometimes they don’t. In the preface, Saimon A. writes that ‘there is an acceptance of reality’ instead of an ‘assiduous scepticism.’ Many of these stories can be said to be an attempt to reconcile the subjective with the objective, the macro and the micro. They are interested in the ways in which broader legislative political decisions affect the ontology of individuals. A lot of these stories are set in obscure moments in history and foreign countries, continuing with Saimon A.’s interest in what he calls ‘cosmopolitan literature.’ Many of these stories are based on real life figures. Some deal with Saimon A.’s obsession with classical, jazz and experimental music. Some deal with Saimon A.’s burgeoning interest in philosophy. Saimon A. continues to be interested in outsiders and those people who subject themselves to the outer extremes of human experience. All in all, this is another eclectic and eccentric collection from one of the most eccentric writers. Whether the world is ready to accept this unusual and unclassifiable book remains to be seen.'
Preface
9
Eight PM
in Buenos Aires 15
Francisca
Franzen 18
Letters
to Camila Vallejo 24
The
Murmurings 27
The
Hermit and the Despot 33
The
Bridge of Time 40
Desperate
Lives 44
The
Second Death of God 48
Burned
Manuscripts 54
Consigned
to Mythology 57
Quartet
for the End of Time 63
Rose of
the Fair State 66
Alone in
the Cyber Age 70
Hit the
North! 73
The
Sleep of Reason Produces Wonders 76
The Tea
Boy 79
Valparaíso
83
My Vinyl
Fetish 85
The
Death of Labour 96
The
Thing in Itself 99
Afterword
101
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