Divisadero
 

Divisadero

by Michael Ondaatje

From the celebrated author of The English Patient and In the Skin of a Lion comes a remarkable new novel of intersecting lives that ranges across continents and time.

In the 1970s in Northern California, near Gold Rush country, a father and his teenage daughters, Anna and Claire, work their farm with the help of Coop, an enigmatic young man who makes his home with them. Theirs is... (read more)

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  • N3v

    n3v said:

    I loved reading it but don't understand the ending...ie will I ever know what happened to everybody but Lucien? Hm.

    posted Saturday, October 4 2008
  • Julie

    julie said:

    Hi! Just finished Divisadero and I am not sure what to think... I think I maybe need to go to sleep and let my thoughts percolate a little bit. But I did not really enjoy it. I think he has got some amazing writing techniques and can illustrate a scene very provocatively, but I was having a hard time identifying with the characters and figuring out how and why they were tied together.

    posted Friday, July 11 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Linda

    linda said:

    A very disjointed story. Here now, there tomorrow. Not much relationship between the differrent stories. After reading it and thought listentiing to it would improve the story, it didn't.

    posted Wednesday, July 9 2008
  • Charlotte B

    charlotte b said:

    I am about one-third of the way into this one, but so far, I am bored with it. I don't think I care for any of the characters at all. Will I be glad if I make the effort to finish it?

    posted Monday, May 26 2008 ( | view 4 replies )
  • juliefaillaearhart

    juliefaillaearhart said:

    the voices are all flat

    posted Wednesday, May 21 2008
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