One of the advantages of living in the biggest city of the whole country. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Anthony Furze
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One of the advantages of living in the biggest city of the whole country. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Anthony Furze
I love Sabina! She's somewhat morally ambiguous, yes...like Tomas, but that just makes her all the more interesting. In many ways, she's the highlight of the novel for me. She's my idol in some ways, not that I wish to have a series of affairs with married men :rolleyes: :p, but in her emotional independence and her complete lack of attachments. I've always been drawn to aloof characters and she is nothing if not aloof.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taliesin
I have this book collecting dust on my shelf as recommended to me by a friend. Maybe this might be the right time to read it...
Oh yes! Sabina seems like a very lovable character, at least in the beginning and in the misunderstandings between Franz and Sabina we found Sabinas views much more interesting. But we have read the book before and we remember that when we understood Franz better and saw how Sabina couldn't break our of the cycle of betrayal, her likeability seems to decrease a bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Idril
But only a bit. She's still cool.;)
Does the book ever become interesting....I really wish I had not read it.
That is how I have felt about every Kundera book I have picked up. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Asa Adams
Well, we don't know about how far you are now with the book but we could say that it became interesting, um, after the first sentence, or something like that, at least for us.Quote:
Originally Posted by Asa Adams
Well, we guess it takes all sorts.
But anyway, to those that actually found the book interesting,what's the thing with parents? We mean, every protagonist has problems with them.
There is Tomas, whose parents refused to recognize him as a son when he left his. OK, that seems to be the least of the problemsof the protagonists because that happened when he was a man grown.
There is Sabina, for whom her father was the symbol of kitcsh and because of whom she started her cycle of betrayal et cetera.
There is Franz whose father left his mother who put on her shoes the wrong way and then Franz learned what suffering is - and that is why Franz is so attached to faithfulness.
And there is Tereza.
I ve just reread the part about Franz, Sabina and Tomas and the bowler hat. The writer can really be cheeky at times. He gives five significannces of that one hat.
The novel appears whimsical yet with an undertone of tragedy.
cheeky :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Taliesin
yay both bookclubs doing the same book in the same month:D I migt actually get to read it, provided of course I have time to hunt down a copy....
Haven't started yet, been a tad busy. Hope to start reading on Saturday though (unless I fall asleep on the train that is ;))
I definitely like the writing style, albeit I'm still in the middle of the book. He picks up on people very well, I find some observations strike embarassingly close to home.
Do you think its true, there are Nightime books and Day books? I do.
Never looked at it this way possibly because I do almost all my reading at nights. If I get the chance to read during the day, I still carry on with the same book.Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
Still don't have a copy of the book :(
Me either :( Im going round the charity shops today if I see one ILl buy it and if I see 2 Ill buy you one and post it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade