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“Le Clezio is the 2008 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. This was his first novel, written in 1963; if I hadn't known when it was written, I could have placed it to within five years. It is very existentialist, heavily influenced by Sartre's La nausee, the nouvelle roman, and Salinger's Catcher in the Rye. The first two-thirds of the book has no real plot, and only one real character; the episodes (if one can even call them that) are totally random, and may or may not be connected with the character; the descriptions are very detailed and concrete, but entirely phenomenological, not to say bizarre. The point seems to be that reality does not parcel out into narratives, or fit into categories. The last third is different, with more connected narrative. This was a book that at times I liked very much, and at other times I just found very annoying. I don't think I would want to read a lot in this style.”
James F wrote this review 13 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I have just started reading the book and I'm savoring the writing. The language is beautifully descriptive, revealing the main character as he is present in the moment. He appears at once strange but highly intriguing. I am enjoying the start of this book as much as I did "The Kite Runner" which happens to be my all-time favorite read from cover to cover.”
alicerr wrote this review Wednesday, November 25 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“To read this novel is a different kind of experience. The novel is bizarre but worhwhile.”
alvin r. c. wrote this review Friday, July 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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