4.75/5 (Near Masterpiece) In 1968, the moody Canadian psychedelic pop group The Poppy Family released “Of Cities and Escapes,” a haunting song of urban emptiness. The song’s narrator intones: “I live in a one-room apartment, with windows on one side / I stare through the glass ‘cross the water, to where the big, ugly city lies.” … Continue reading Book Review: Twilight Country, Knut Faldbakken (1974, trans. Joan Tate, 1993)