Comedy in a Minor Key

My first read of the new year, and my first read in over 10 years (outside of Dune...). An excellent representation of the novella literary genre, the pacing never felt slow thanks to the--I think--excellent seamless time weaving in the prose. It felt very modern, which was excellent and of course sad given the historical context; it also felt like a stage play, at times (it certainly inspired my inner imagining of the scenes: actors, line delivery). It was exactly the right length.