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This is enticingly vague and atmospheric at first, but I quickly became uneasy on behalf of, and then about, the fugitive. As some things become clearer, others become less so, prompting complex, and often paradoxical, philosophical questions. When you can't trust your senses, what is truth, and how do you know if you are dead, dreaming, hallucinating, or mad? When nothing makes sense, and cause doesn’t seem to lead to the expected effect, how do you make decisions, or are you a mere plaything o
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The cover image of this book is a former film star Louise Brooks - the inspiration of his book. Our author seems to have held her in high esteem, some say that he even loved her.
An interesting and original plot. Brilliant! Quite an intriguing book.
Our narrator -an escaped convict; nameless throughout the story- avoids the law arriving by boat on a mysterious island. The tides are crazy, the island is "haunted" . Events happen out of the blue. ( two moons and two suns in the sky )
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An interesting and original plot. Brilliant! Quite an intriguing book.
Our narrator -an escaped convict; nameless throughout the story- avoids the law arriving by boat on a mysterious island. The tides are crazy, the island is "haunted" . Events happen out of the blue. ( two moons and two suns in the sky )
An inner battl ...more
This Argentinian surrealist novel was the influence of recent film and television shows, but, thankfully, I haven't seen those so I could look at the book in a totally separate way. I found it fascinating as an early-20th century view of frightening technology and the essence of what makes us and keeps us human beings. I loved the setting, the mystery, and the confused narrator. In addition to the technology theme, the narrator seemed to me to represent some elementals such as romantic obsession
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