Raquel Says By Mois Benarroch Analysis

i]Raquel Says[/i] by Mois Benarroch is an interesting prose that is thought-provoking and a little be elusive.

Mois is depressed and even thinks about dying. That is until he discovers Raquel through a novel that she wrote that was given to him by his mother. He reaches out to her and is surprised to find a life that is seemingly directly paralleled to his. This invokes a dialogue type narrative in response to his communications with Raquel. The communications share a lot about writing and the phenomenon that they just may be two people living parallel lives.

This book is a short novella that packs a lot of punch. There is a lot of reflection on life and love. There is a lot of comparison between Raquel and Mois. They feel they are one