Saturday, March 05, 2005
Prague: A Novel
I just fineshed this book last week. It is one of those books where I wanted to read something else by the author and all the New York Public Library had was another of his books (Damn you NYPL and your millions of book hoarding members!)
anyhow I picked it up it looked at it saw it had some pretty good reviews and thought what the hell I will give it a shot.
It is an elegant book as expat novels should be. The characters are extreamly complex. In order to enjoy a book I have to feel for the characters and the author did a good job in accomplishing that.
There where areas in the book where I felt the story becomes mired down into the unnessary details of a buisness deal towards the end of the book. I felt the author could have accomplished the book without so much attention to needless dry detail. Personal preference I guess. And like the 90's it is drenched in Irony---which to tell the truth I have really had enough irony for 10 life times. If you are in the mood for an elegant character study this is a good choice.
Reviews
anyhow I picked it up it looked at it saw it had some pretty good reviews and thought what the hell I will give it a shot.
It is an elegant book as expat novels should be. The characters are extreamly complex. In order to enjoy a book I have to feel for the characters and the author did a good job in accomplishing that.
There where areas in the book where I felt the story becomes mired down into the unnessary details of a buisness deal towards the end of the book. I felt the author could have accomplished the book without so much attention to needless dry detail. Personal preference I guess. And like the 90's it is drenched in Irony---which to tell the truth I have really had enough irony for 10 life times. If you are in the mood for an elegant character study this is a good choice.
Reviews
# posted by Tom Smith @ 11:46 AM 
