Review

Antoni Jach's latest work is odd, self-conscious and slightly cringe-inducing

By Ian McFarlane
September 11 2021 - 12:00am
  • Travelling Companions, by Antoni Jach. Transit Lounge, $32.99.

Back in 1994, I reviewed Antoni Jach's novel, The Weekly Card Game, in these pages. The book was cover listed as a "haunting portrayal of a vast ennui", to which I added the suggestion that it might have stumbled at the self-imposed hurdle of trying to write about boredom without becoming boring in the process.

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