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3.36 AVERAGE
3.36 AVERAGE
This is so unusual, perhaps because it's a french book and I read mostly english ones. You don't really find english books that are practically just one conversation between two characters. There are barely any descriptions, mostly just dialogue and a retelling of a story. And it doesn't need anything else, it's perfect as it is. Highly recommend all of Gavalda's other books.
Místy prostě moc sentimentální, ale určitě to doporučuju čtenářům, co chtějí začíst číst ve francouzštině - hned po Malém princi a Perraultových pohádkách sáhněte po Gavaldě!
Le meilleur roman que j'ai du lire pour le classe de français
Did not like as much as the first collection I read.
I give this novel 4 Stars.
I adored this slip of a story. The prose is refined and sparse with not one superfluous sentence.
The inside jacket description reads as follows:
"With this deceptively simple novel Anna Gavalda delivers an uncommon romance about the unpredictability of love, the toll it takes on its victims - both innocent and guilty - and the unanticipated resilience of its survivors. Caustic, authentic and humanely sensitive, Someone I Loved is a revelatory work of fiction."
This completely sums up how I feel about Gavalda's book. The story grabbed me from the start and I felt as though I was a part of the tale - as a silent observer of events as they unfolded. I can see this story as a theatre production. I think it would be brilliant on stage. The dialogue is wonderfully sharp and the relationship of the two main characters, father-in-law and daughter-in-law, is an unusual angle of approach.
FYI - The story is actually only 158 pages in length. The book comes with the English translation as well as the original French version of the story. Together both versions make up the 338 pages. I was so surprised I had reached the end, but then went "Hmmm, yeah, that works."
Gavalda has been noted as one of France's best and most successful writers. Between [b:Someone I Loved|108784|Someone I Loved|Anna Gavalda|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171591497s/108784.jpg|1864556] and [b:Hunting and Gathering|47780|Hunting and Gathering|Anna Gavalda|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348549s/47780.jpg|1262306] (which is still my favourite book read this year) I can understand where the praise is coming from and look forward to reading more of Gavalda's novels.
My favourite quote from the book is this one (pages 149/150):
"Life is stronger than you are, even when you deny it, even when you neglect it, even when you refuse to admit it...It's incredible but that's the way it is. Life is stronger than anything. And who are we to be so self-important? We bustle about, talk in loud voices, and for what? What happens, afterwards?"
I adored this slip of a story. The prose is refined and sparse with not one superfluous sentence.
The inside jacket description reads as follows:
"With this deceptively simple novel Anna Gavalda delivers an uncommon romance about the unpredictability of love, the toll it takes on its victims - both innocent and guilty - and the unanticipated resilience of its survivors. Caustic, authentic and humanely sensitive, Someone I Loved is a revelatory work of fiction."
This completely sums up how I feel about Gavalda's book. The story grabbed me from the start and I felt as though I was a part of the tale - as a silent observer of events as they unfolded. I can see this story as a theatre production. I think it would be brilliant on stage. The dialogue is wonderfully sharp and the relationship of the two main characters, father-in-law and daughter-in-law, is an unusual angle of approach.
FYI - The story is actually only 158 pages in length. The book comes with the English translation as well as the original French version of the story. Together both versions make up the 338 pages. I was so surprised I had reached the end, but then went "Hmmm, yeah, that works."
Gavalda has been noted as one of France's best and most successful writers. Between [b:Someone I Loved|108784|Someone I Loved|Anna Gavalda|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171591497s/108784.jpg|1864556] and [b:Hunting and Gathering|47780|Hunting and Gathering|Anna Gavalda|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348549s/47780.jpg|1262306] (which is still my favourite book read this year) I can understand where the praise is coming from and look forward to reading more of Gavalda's novels.
My favourite quote from the book is this one (pages 149/150):
"Life is stronger than you are, even when you deny it, even when you neglect it, even when you refuse to admit it...It's incredible but that's the way it is. Life is stronger than anything. And who are we to be so self-important? We bustle about, talk in loud voices, and for what? What happens, afterwards?"
c'était très bien! plein de leçons de vie élégamment écrites, et ça te laisse penser.... les relations humaines, ce n'est pas évident du tout.
It wasn't bad... but I found myself falling asleep a lot. Not sure what to make of it.