Ten Favorite Works of Presbyopic Fiction
(From the cover copy of Allan Cameron’s Presbyopia: “Cameron’s collection of bilingual poetry is introduced by an essay on the distinction between myopic and presbyopic poetry: the former focuses on the self, its emotions and its immediate vicinity, while the latter focuses on what is distant in space and time.” Here, organized alphabetically by author, are ten successful works of fiction that possess a presbyopic, as opposed to a myopic, gaze.)
A History of the World in 10½ Chapters by Julian Barnes
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
Duplex by Kathryn Davis
Jesus Christs by A.J. Langguth
The Lost Books of the Odyssey by Daniel Mason
The Afflictions by Vikram Paralkar
The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century by Olga Ravn
Fireflies by Luis Sagasti
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson
— July 3, 2021