What are you supposed to expect, with a title like that?<\/p>\n
This is the book my fabulous book club chose this month. I had honestly never heard of it before. The blurb just starts out “A young woman in love with a man torn between his love for her and his incorrigible womanizing; one of his mistresses and her humbly faithful lover–these are the two couples whose story is told in this masterful novel.”<\/p>\n
When i read that in the bookstore, I said, “Oh goody! It’s a book about sex!”<\/p>\n
Well, that idea was killed on the first page, and I was upset.<\/p>\n
Until I read a little further.<\/p>\n
Masterful, yeah. And a few other words i haven’t thought of yet.<\/p>\n
My favorite parts were how he addresses ideological movements, and the smallness of individuals in the face of large forces.<\/p>\n
His discusison of Oedipus had be pacing all night, chewing on all the ramifications and talking to myself.
\nWell, talking to my cat.
\nThat’s why I have a cat. So I don’t talk to myself.<\/p>\n
I finished it, and immediately wanted to read it again. That hasn’t happened in a long time.<\/p>\n
The funny thing is, I read a book that was a parody of this one. It was a parody of other books too, but as I was reading this one, I kept thinking, this is familiar.<\/p>\n
Then I remembered, It’s the sort of book that If On a Winter’s Night a Traveler<\/i> was ripping on.<\/p>\n
And I suddenly realized that If On a Winter’s Night A Traveler<\/i> was a lot funnier than I had realized.<\/p>\n
But hey, the point is, I love this book. I will not be selling it back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What are you supposed to expect, with a title like that? This is the book my fabulous book club chose this month. I had honestly never heard of it before. The blurb just starts out “A young woman in love … Continue reading