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A review by colleenbee
The Interrogation by J.M.G. Le Clézio
2.0
I love it when an author inadvertently sums up his own book somewhere along the way:
"You don't see that the man who wrote "the earth is blue like an orange" is a lunatic or a fool? -- Of course not, you say to yourself there's a genius, he's dislocated reality in a couple of words."
Whoever decided to give this guy a Nobel Prize for this book decided that he was a genius for the same reason. I'm more inclined to the "lunatic or a fool" camp. I'm afraid I like my books to have a story, and this one didn't. I found it pretentious and boring. I kept waiting for something to happen and nothing ever did.
The only reason I gave it two stars instead of one is that the author is technically gifted. And the last chapter did finally pull me in. But overall, I'm just glad I got through it.
"You don't see that the man who wrote "the earth is blue like an orange" is a lunatic or a fool? -- Of course not, you say to yourself there's a genius, he's dislocated reality in a couple of words."
Whoever decided to give this guy a Nobel Prize for this book decided that he was a genius for the same reason. I'm more inclined to the "lunatic or a fool" camp. I'm afraid I like my books to have a story, and this one didn't. I found it pretentious and boring. I kept waiting for something to happen and nothing ever did.
The only reason I gave it two stars instead of one is that the author is technically gifted. And the last chapter did finally pull me in. But overall, I'm just glad I got through it.