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germangfeler's review against another edition
3.0
En biología los tropismos son los movimientos que realiza una planta en respuesta al ambiente. Por ejemplo una flor que gira para recibir más luz del sol. Los tropismos de Nathalie Sarraute son la respuesta de las personas a pequeñas situaciones de la vida. Es un libro de historias breves, de entre 2 y 4 páginas cada una, dónde nos sumergimos por un breve momento en la vida de alguna persona sin nombre para luego abandonarla y pasar a la siguiente. Lo más interesante es como la estructura y la prosa del libro rompe con las estructuras clásicas.
chillcox15's review against another edition
5.0
One of those elusive books that continually evades your best attempts to meaning-make. Very good stuff!
motifenjoyer's review against another edition
challenging
mysterious
3.5
"But they asked for nothing more, this was it, they knew it well, you shouldn’t expect anything, you shouldn’t demand anything, that’s how it was, there was nothing more, this was it, 'life.'
Nothing else, nothing more, here or there, now they knew it."
Nothing else, nothing more, here or there, now they knew it."
chad_vinny's review against another edition
challenging
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Strong character development? No
4.0
wmbogart's review against another edition
The idea here is very compelling - to oversimplify, a series of interior vignettes, absent context.
But I wasn’t able to connect with it at all. The translated prose read as clunky and affected. I understand that these are internal states, rendered to some extent in each character's voice, but I wasn’t able to find a way in.
Maybe a translation issue, maybe a me issue. A lot of very smart people love Sarraute’s writing, so I'm sure it's the latter. I’ll try one of her novels and then revisit.
But I wasn’t able to connect with it at all. The translated prose read as clunky and affected. I understand that these are internal states, rendered to some extent in each character's voice, but I wasn’t able to find a way in.
Maybe a translation issue, maybe a me issue. A lot of very smart people love Sarraute’s writing, so I'm sure it's the latter. I’ll try one of her novels and then revisit.
marie33's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
3.0
parsnipsnap's review against another edition
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
jola_g's review against another edition
5.0
I am still in a flurry of thoughts and impressions, busking in the awesomeness of what 'Tropisms' has done to me.
'If to the moment I shall ever say:
"Ah, linger on, thou art so fair!"'
Review to come.
'If to the moment I shall ever say:
"Ah, linger on, thou art so fair!"'
Review to come.