OK, over half the year is gone now. What has been the best novel you have read, so far, this year, and why?
For me, it is Kiss of the Spider Woman By Manuel Puig. Synopsis: Sometimes Molina and Valentin talk all night long in the still darkness of their cell. Each has always been alone and in danger of betrayal, but in Cell 7 each surrenders to the other something of himself that he has never surrendered before.
This is a great novel. I liked it because of it's originality. The novel is told only though dialogue. The story takes place in a single location ( a prison cell ) where to men talk with each other. There are no other location and only the dialogue between the two men to tell the story.
The characters are so well written. Those two people will live forever in me and when I left the book it was as if I really knew them both and was leaving old friends behind as the last page turned.
Finally, the book is very beautifully written. There are so many beautiful and well constructed sentences in this book. The book is full of emotion, wisdom, thought provoking concepts which are all bound within a wonderful plot.
Well, this is mine. What is yours?
For me, it is Kiss of the Spider Woman By Manuel Puig. Synopsis: Sometimes Molina and Valentin talk all night long in the still darkness of their cell. Each has always been alone and in danger of betrayal, but in Cell 7 each surrenders to the other something of himself that he has never surrendered before.
This is a great novel. I liked it because of it's originality. The novel is told only though dialogue. The story takes place in a single location ( a prison cell ) where to men talk with each other. There are no other location and only the dialogue between the two men to tell the story.
The characters are so well written. Those two people will live forever in me and when I left the book it was as if I really knew them both and was leaving old friends behind as the last page turned.
Finally, the book is very beautifully written. There are so many beautiful and well constructed sentences in this book. The book is full of emotion, wisdom, thought provoking concepts which are all bound within a wonderful plot.
Well, this is mine. What is yours?