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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
another Goodread, if you will. this one was a quickie, but it gives you a lot to think about
I’ll keep thinking about some of these passages for a long time.
Most beautiful prose with such rich descriptive language but oh so tedious to get through.
"Še zmeraj imam v glavi...", kot pravi ustaljeni stavek. Zakaj v glavi? Tudi povsod na obrazu, v rokah, v ramah, v laseh, v petah... V živčnem sistemu.
"Še zmeraj imam v glavi...", kot pravi ustaljeni stavek. Zakaj v glavi? Tudi povsod na obrazu, v rokah, v ramah, v laseh, v petah... V živčnem sistemu.
Psychedelic. And how am I supposed to get on with the classics when I just want to read this again and again?
Very interesting novella, a good companion to my other Humboldt book [b:The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World|23995249|The Invention of Nature Alexander von Humboldt's New World|Andrea Wulf|http://images.gr-assets.com/books/1452449264s/23995249.jpg|43595986].
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
4.5 out of 5. Something feels like it keeps it from being what you might classically consider “perfect” or “great” – but that something feels like a failure of my reading, not of the novel. It feels like there are still secrets to explore and discover here. I’m not sure what they are or if it’s actually that I just need to read more Aira (something I’m already making strides towards doing, having picked up two more of his beautiful, slim novellas) – but I feel changed in a way I can’t quite articulate yet. This was a fascinating and completely unexpected reading experience, one that continued to expand outward even after I closed the book.
More at RB: https://ragingbiblioholism.com/2016/03/30/an-episode-in-the-life-of-a-landscape-painter/
and this review originally ran at TNBBC: http://thenextbestbookblog.blogspot.com/2016/03/drew-reviews-episode-in-life-of.html
More at RB: https://ragingbiblioholism.com/2016/03/30/an-episode-in-the-life-of-a-landscape-painter/
and this review originally ran at TNBBC: http://thenextbestbookblog.blogspot.com/2016/03/drew-reviews-episode-in-life-of.html
I went through a period where I read a ton of Cesar Aira novellas and I don't know why because I don't think I liked a single one of them. I really wanted to, though. His "flight forward" technique – supposedly he writes his books from start to finish without allowing himself to go back and revise/edit anything he's already set down on paper – strikes me as both daring and lazy.
adventurous
challenging
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No