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Mi dispiace parecchio e probabilmente sto per dire un'eresia per tutti i letterati illuminati, ma ciò che maggiormente mi ha impedito di apprezzare davvero il romanzo è stato lo stile di Saramago. Ha reso la mia esperienza personale di questa lettura ostica, e pur aspettando la promessa svolta dove si comincia ad abituarsi al suo modo di narrare e le cose cambiano, quello che ho raggiunto io é stata una certa indifferenza, un'assenza di piacere per la lettura. Non mi piacciono le sue scelte stil
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Tertuliano Maximo Afonso is a mild-mannered divorced history teacher who doesn't do much beyond marking schoolwork and occasionally meeting up with a girlfriend he's getting bored with ... until the day he watches a rented film in which a bit-part actor appears who looks exactly like him. Soon he's obsessed with the idea of this double.
Saramago's writing style takes some getting used to - extremely long sentences with commas instead of full stops, running dialogue on so it's hard to follow at ti ...more
Saramago's writing style takes some getting used to - extremely long sentences with commas instead of full stops, running dialogue on so it's hard to follow at ti ...more
The writing style took me a while to get into, but I really enjoyed the story once I adjusted to his unique style.
I think I'm just a sucker for Saramago's writing style. I loved this book - I found the stream of consciousness narrative compelling and fast paced and the story to be thoughtful and interesting. I sort of predicted the ending, but still found it quite satisfying. This may be my favorite book so far this year.
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