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A review by missapples
The Bay of Angels by Anita Brookner
3.0
Great premise that quickly dissolved into a novel I didn’t want to read. Not much was happening after the initial story came to a sad end.
Sometimes when I read Brookner and come across a main character talking about the love affair she’s having at the moment, I catch myself thinking “your guy is probably just hungry or wants to get back to work on time - no need to suspect him of such complicated mental acrobatics.”
And yet, I suppose, that is what makes a Brookner’s novel so distinct. That Mariana Trench full of her exquisite, beautiful, elegant sentences. I’ve never read anyone quite like her.
Sometimes when I read Brookner and come across a main character talking about the love affair she’s having at the moment, I catch myself thinking “your guy is probably just hungry or wants to get back to work on time - no need to suspect him of such complicated mental acrobatics.”
And yet, I suppose, that is what makes a Brookner’s novel so distinct. That Mariana Trench full of her exquisite, beautiful, elegant sentences. I’ve never read anyone quite like her.