A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra (2014-02-06)
by:
Anthony Marra (author)
Format: Paperback
ASIN: B0182QGHMI
Publish date: 1800
Publisher: Vintage; edition (2014-02-06)
Edition language: English
The morning after the Feds burned down her house and took her father, Havaa woke from dreams of sea anemones. The moment after I read the opening line of A Constellation Of Vital Phenomena I sensed this was the beginning of a beautiful journey.I was neither exactly right nor dead wrong.For one thing...
This novel deserves at least 6 or 7 stars out of 5. I can't stop thinking about the horrors of Chechnya, a country that I probably would have a hard time finding on a map. The characters, all built of their country's strife are also in some way torn apart by it. This new author, Anthony Marra, creat...
I admired this book more than I loved it. Anthony Marra writes beautifully (although some passages seem a shade overdone) and many sections are very moving. Marra is also a great observer of details. In particular, I liked these moments from early in the book: And now, in the morning, as he tight...
Upon finishing this book I felt overwhelming sadness and immense joy and let myself have a good long cry over both. I loved this book!
Yet again I am left baffled by the glowing reviews and the hype. This book proved tedious, convoluted and an insomniac's dream.There was no plot, at least not a discernible one for the majority of the book. There are tedious, long-winded entries of characters that end up giving little to the overall...