Winter's Tale
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Over but not forgotten
Jacquie
Feb 15, 2014 01:55PM
I just finished Helprin's novel Winter's Tale. Winter's Tale. Breathless and thrilled to have finished the story. Not an easy read for me. The rhythm and style required a lot of focus and visualizing as it was a experience in language, wit, irony, and wonder. I hovered between worlds and enjoyed (almost) every trip to the Coheeries. Tremendous read. I must say that some chapters I skimmed which I can only attribute to a bit of unneeded (for me) narrative. I choose to not judge why Helprin chose to include the chapters but I chose to speed read a few.
In my view, for my tastes in literature, I think you nailed it, Jacqui. He told many tales in Winter's Tale. Helprin's latest book, In sunlight And In Shadow, also brought critiques concerning his verbosity, and in many respects I have to agree. But no one has yet to knock his beautiful lyricism, or his stunning cast of characters.
Jacquie wrote: "I just finished Helprin's novel Winter's Tale. Winter's Tale. Breathless and thrilled to have finished the story. Not an easy read for me. The rhythm and style required a lot of focus and visua..."
Masz rację, dziękuję, bo myślałam, że jestem samotna w moim odbiorze powieści. W Polsce to chyba pierwsza powieść tego autora, ale powiem szczerze, liczę na więcej ...
Masz rację, dziękuję, bo myślałam, że jestem samotna w moim odbiorze powieści. W Polsce to chyba pierwsza powieść tego autora, ale powiem szczerze, liczę na więcej ...
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