Maralena's review
Identity
by Milan Kundera
Maralena's review
Identity by Milan Kundera
Maralena's review
rating:
recommended for: people who haven't recently gone through a painful breakup.
I don't know about this book. So many times, I read myself in stories, and I think: now, now I will see the answer to my problems. What is the magic thing to be done to undo all the damage I have done to myself and to my life? And then the answer is some godawful literary trick, which in no way can be mirrored by reality. It would be superb, I think, if my life were simply a metaphor, and all the suffering were abstract. This is why I hate literature. Those of us who seek salvation in the written word are always lead to that chasm that we cannot cross, where the story takes wings and flies, and we are left behind with our feet on the ground and heartbroken.
That said, this is one of my favorite authors, so I can't resent him nearly as much as I would some others.
That said, this is one of my favorite authors, so I can't resent him nearly as much as I would some others.
