Whoa. Masterful use of dialect and structure to deconstruct the traditional bounds of genre and narrative. The way the characters code-switch their way through multiple registers and languages—well-known and invented—is reflected in the way the novella flips through genres like a catalog, exposing the expectations and limitations of each.
My own expectations were high due to this essay by the author on linguistics and dialect, but the reality impressed me even more.
Linguistically and mythologically it’s a marvel.