10-23-2009, 12:27 PM
It's Barcelona in the early 1900's. It's about a writer David Martin. It's about the descent into madness or is it.
It's one of those literary sort of books. It's the companion novel to Shadow of the Wind, a book I though I had reviewed here as well but I guess I slacked off.
I can't figure this novel out. Basically, Martin is writing a book for a mysterious stranger in the hopes of inventing a new religion. If you read between the lines that new religion eventually becomes facism. But the wierd part of the books is Martin's employer Andrew Corelli and whether he is a real person or a figment of Martin's imagination. At many times in the book, I kept thinking of Corelli as Tyler Derden from Fight Club. But there were too many scenes were Corelli is an actual person. Towards the end this all gets sort of muddled in a murder mystery than I can't quite figure out. Basically, I might have to read the book again to straighten everything out. It might be worth. Zafon has a great flair for language and he can be very funny. But in the end the story becomes very colluded.
The Shadow of the Wind was also a book about books and writing and books shops and the cemetary of lost books, which is an idea a like. Basically, there is a repository in Barcelona of all the forgotten books of the world waiting for someone to come and rediscover the lost books. It's not a big part of The Angel's Game but it is central to Shadow of the Window. Daniel Sempre finds a book by an unknown author in this book and starts a quest to find out all he can about the author. Trouble ensues. This book happens about thirty years after Angel and wanders over a lot of the same territory with squalid houses, dark cafes and questionable bordellos. The big tie in with Angel is that Daniel Sempre's mother was once in love and lived with Daniel Martin. I wonder why she named her son Daniel?
They are interesting, well written novels but they do get a bit confusing. Or maybe I'm no longer up to the task of real literature?
It's one of those literary sort of books. It's the companion novel to Shadow of the Wind, a book I though I had reviewed here as well but I guess I slacked off.
I can't figure this novel out. Basically, Martin is writing a book for a mysterious stranger in the hopes of inventing a new religion. If you read between the lines that new religion eventually becomes facism. But the wierd part of the books is Martin's employer Andrew Corelli and whether he is a real person or a figment of Martin's imagination. At many times in the book, I kept thinking of Corelli as Tyler Derden from Fight Club. But there were too many scenes were Corelli is an actual person. Towards the end this all gets sort of muddled in a murder mystery than I can't quite figure out. Basically, I might have to read the book again to straighten everything out. It might be worth. Zafon has a great flair for language and he can be very funny. But in the end the story becomes very colluded.
The Shadow of the Wind was also a book about books and writing and books shops and the cemetary of lost books, which is an idea a like. Basically, there is a repository in Barcelona of all the forgotten books of the world waiting for someone to come and rediscover the lost books. It's not a big part of The Angel's Game but it is central to Shadow of the Window. Daniel Sempre finds a book by an unknown author in this book and starts a quest to find out all he can about the author. Trouble ensues. This book happens about thirty years after Angel and wanders over a lot of the same territory with squalid houses, dark cafes and questionable bordellos. The big tie in with Angel is that Daniel Sempre's mother was once in love and lived with Daniel Martin. I wonder why she named her son Daniel?
They are interesting, well written novels but they do get a bit confusing. Or maybe I'm no longer up to the task of real literature?
So much for the flickr badge idea. Dammit