I really am a sucker for well written stories built on myths. Found the writing haunting and read the novella in one sitting. Did find it occasionally a bit disjointed, and it sometimes was a bit off-putting how much repetition there was. Overall, however, I very much enjoyed. It's refreshing to see a story told from the view of Iphigenia, whose death facilitates a war and later is the impetus for multiple murders. In those stories you learn nothing more about her than the fact of her death, this beautifully written story gives her real thoughts and feelings. Loved it. I've been thinking of Helen of Troy and Cassandra all morning and then - completely by accident - stumbled upon this little story. Synchronicity be damned. In any case, A Memory of Wind is a poetic and haunting retelling of a famous myth from a perspective of a character of whom the original tells us little more than her name. Rachel Swirky's manages to breathe life into that name, make it memorable and even make us (readers) hope against hope for a different, happier ending.I wonder if there is such a thing as casually stunning.
What do You think about A Memory Of Wind (2009)?
HUGE WAIST OF MY TIME...I COULDN'T EVEN FINISH IT. NOT ONE THAT I'D RECOMMEND.
—aleahdanae
I found this short story very beautiful and haunting
—Katie
its a really great story albeit a little depressing
—meg
