Endless Things: A Part of Aegypt
by:
John Crowley (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781618730183 (1618730185)
Publish date: April 1st 2007
Publisher: Small Beer Press
Pages no: 341
Edition language: English
Series: The Aegypt Cycle (#4)
This whole series is something that you need to read more than once. I think this coda is a little weak for a reason and focuses on Pierce for a reason. In many ways, the story echoes life and the stories that we tie in life. And that, even here in this last book, is still strong. I think that i...
Crowley's prose is as beautiful as ever, but something I can't quite define about this coda bothers me. Perhaps it's how it's so much Pierce's story (Rosie and Sam have vanished into their own happy endings). Perhaps it's how oddly solipsic Pierce is, despite his wide-ranging mind. On the first r...