Because the Sun

Vexed by the 'unremarkable star' that 'presses' Camus'sMeursaultto commit murder,Because the Sunconsiders the blazing sun as a material symbol of ambient violence violence absorbed like heat and fired at the nearest victim. Likewise, as a friendship between women confronts gendered aggression inThelma and Louise, the sun becomes the repository of pain, the high noon that pushes us through desert after desert.Because the Sun's pastiche of voices embodies both stylistic and formal relentlessness by teasing out tonalities that blend and merge into each other, generating a blinding effect, like looking into the sun. (From Coach House Books)