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I was so thoroughly unimpressed by this book. It was so obviously trying to be monumental and came across as so obviously forced. Weaving together a stolen identity, some vague meanderings through the holocaust, and a brief and troubled love affair between a very old man and a very young girl, while waxing philosophic about the Self and the Other - too much too poorly executed.
Great writers can tackle the Big Topics effortlessly. Anyone who tries as hard as Banville gets banished to the hall of ...more
Great writers can tackle the Big Topics effortlessly. Anyone who tries as hard as Banville gets banished to the hall of ...more
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