The distant past, the recent past. Max revisits the site of his family summer vacations and recollects. He remembers the people he knew there long ago. He remembers the recent death of his wife. He’s a sharp man, and all his memories have a cruel edge. It’s a strong book, a good book, maybe a great ...
Like other Banville books, the writing in this book is very good. But for some reason, I couldn't develop any sympathy for the characters nor did I find myself wanting to pick the book up again. I did manage to get about 3/4 of the way through before I gave up. I didn't care enough about what happen...
I had started this audiobook 2 other times before finally completing it. This is the story of Max Morden who has recently lost his wife. It is a stream of consciousness narrative and jumps back and forth in time. This is a good one to listen to if you are in a slightly melancholy mood. It will m...
This is a Booker Prize winner. The language in this short novel is very, very rich, evocative and annoyingly, sent me to the dictionary far too many times for comfort. Banville is just showing off, descending into literary affectation perhaps. Two time-lines interweave as Max, a retired art critic, ...
John Banville won the 2005 Man Booker Prize for this book. His writing is self-conciously literary which I'm sure will turn a lot of people off, but if you don't mind that kind of thing, it really is beautifully written. He talks about the sea being "malignantly agleam." A hotel is "flocculent" (whi...
This is a beautiful novel of love and loss. The narrator, Max, has just lost his wife of many years and goes to stay in a seaside house that he visited as a child. There he travels back and forth between musing about his relationship with his wife, particularly after her cancer diagnosis, and recall...
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