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A review by catdad77a45
What's Left Of The Night by Karen Emmerich, Ersi Sotiropoulos
3.0
3.5, rounded down.
"It all meant something but he was too confused to figure out what." p. 246.
I first encountered the poet Cavafy, as I suspect many people have, through the inclusion of several of his poems in Durrell's magnum opus [b:The Alexandria Quartet|13033|The Alexandria Quartet (The Alexandria Quartet #1-4)|Lawrence Durrell|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388292278s/13033.jpg|4003808], and have since read much of his poetry - but didn't know a lot about his personal life. Unfortunately, I STILL don't, as this book only covers three days in which Constantine visits Paris with his brother John. A lot of it is interesting and well-written, but it sure could have used a judicious edit and lost a good 50 pages or more... there is a LOT of extraneous filler that just slows the story down to no apparent purpose.
"It all meant something but he was too confused to figure out what." p. 246.
I first encountered the poet Cavafy, as I suspect many people have, through the inclusion of several of his poems in Durrell's magnum opus [b:The Alexandria Quartet|13033|The Alexandria Quartet (The Alexandria Quartet #1-4)|Lawrence Durrell|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388292278s/13033.jpg|4003808], and have since read much of his poetry - but didn't know a lot about his personal life. Unfortunately, I STILL don't, as this book only covers three days in which Constantine visits Paris with his brother John. A lot of it is interesting and well-written, but it sure could have used a judicious edit and lost a good 50 pages or more... there is a LOT of extraneous filler that just slows the story down to no apparent purpose.