Pure
by:
Andrew Miller (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781444724288 (1444724282)
Publish date: January 5th 2012
Publisher: Sceptre
Pages no: 342
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Contemporary,
France,
Gothic,
18th Century
This is the third book I've read off of my "Genre Novels That Should Be Classics" reading list in a quest to expand my book choices beyond my normal comfort zone. I'm not a big historical fiction reader. Sometimes it makes appearances in my Fantasy or Science Fiction picks, but I never avidly seek i...
Andrew Miller pulls the reader in with his haunting descriptions and rather interesting storyline. The protagonist, Jean-Baptiste, is tasked by his superiors to cleanse Les Innocence, an overflowing cemetery in Paris, which has a lot of sentimental attachments to it – some more obvious than others. ...
I'm usually wary of historical fiction. Generally the novels can seem a bit naff, niche-y and two dimensional. However I picked up Pure on the back of a Times review that assured me that it stood apart from the rest of the genre; that it would 'expand the mind'. This book has received a slew of ...
I finished the audiobook version, narrated by Jonathan Aris, two days ago. I had to in fact listen to the ending three times; the details were confusing - which kind of annoyed me! I do think I understand the message that was being imparted by the final scene. Anyway, what I most enjoyed about this ...
But.. what's with the elephant?
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