This is the kind of story recommendation that could go either way. For me, this quirky, well-told tale was a thumbs-up, but I am guessing that the same reasons I liked the story might not compel another reader. I knew next to nothing about the real-life figures written about here — H.P. Lovecraft, R...
So the narrative here sort of drifts like the sea, swirling through versions of the same history, with no way to tell what is true and what is not. The mystery that we are introduced to in the first chapters turns out not to be the main thrust of the story - this is not about Charlie Willett, this i...
So the narrative here sort of drifts like the sea, swirling through versions of the same history, with no way to tell what is true and what is not. The mystery that we are introduced to in the first chapters turns out not to be the main thrust of the story - this is not about Charlie Willett, this i...
After his revision of H.P. Lovecraft's life is debunked, Marina's husband goes missing and is presumed dead. As a doctor, she realizes her doubts about his death are mostly wishful thinking, but she is driven to pursue the research that took in her husband, to figure out where he, and their relation...
I couldn't decide whether to give this 3 stars or 4 stars (not that anyone would care either way). Cendrars seems to have hated this book..., having begun it in 1917, he was still trying to finish it as he crossed the Equator on a boat to Rio in 1924. He simply couldn't stand the "turgid, pretenti...
I would have liked to like this book.I would have loved to like this book.I would have appreciated something more than the tedium I felt in the face of its forced exuberance.I much enjoy Cendrars's poetry, and think I shall be sticking to that in the future.
Book Circle Reads 17Rating: 3 sickened stars of five The Book Description: At once truly appalling and appallingly funny, Blaise Cendrars's Moravagine bears comparison with Naked Lunch—except that it's a lot more entertaining to read. Heir to an immense aristocratic fortune, mental and physical muta...
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