Maralena's review
Beautiful Ghosts
by Eliot Pattison
Maralena's review
Beautiful Ghosts by Eliot Pattison
Maralena's review
rating:
recommended for: people who are tired of feeling detached.
So, I remember reading Elliot Pattison's books in the past, and being totally overwhelmed by the complexity of the characters and the plot, and the foreignness of all the names. Reading this book, I found myself pleasantly surprised with my ability to follow what was going on and keep up with it all. I was about three quarters of the way through the book when I realized, oh yes, I have indeed read this book before. The fact that it took me that long to realize it definitely says something about how much I missed the first time I read it.
That all said, I don't know how much I trust this fictional account as a true representation of what has gone down in the Tibet in recent history. Some of it is probably completely true and spot on, and other parts done for narrative effect. But THAT said, reading a story of such a spiritual land, and knowing that something that even approximates such a place exists somewhere in this world, fills me with a deepness and clarity of sight that I f...more
That all said, I don't know how much I trust this fictional account as a true representation of what has gone down in the Tibet in recent history. Some of it is probably completely true and spot on, and other parts done for narrative effect. But THAT said, reading a story of such a spiritual land, and knowing that something that even approximates such a place exists somewhere in this world, fills me with a deepness and clarity of sight that I f...more
