by José Saramago, Erkki Kirjalainen
A journey into a Saramago novel is a unique experience, In what way, might I ask, Well for one he eschews the modern, and ancient, conventions of separating out dialogue into new paragraphs, That could be a bit confusing, There is more, he also eschews the use of quotation marks, which can make it h...
I did not really enjoy Saramago's The Double. To begin with, it's a sloppy handling of a theme which has been done over-and-over, and better done at that: Dickin's The Tale of Two Cities, Poe's "William Wilson," Nabokov's Despair and Dostoyevsky's The Double were all better handlings of the doppelgä...
This is definitely not for the average reader. At times it can be difficult to slog through as you read about a depressed history teacher and his ponderings on monk fish. Frankly, the main character is as unlikable as he is boring but it is his discoveries through the story that are engaging. If ...
During every Jose Saramago novel, I am thinking that I should not be enjoying myself. The run-on sentence structure, the chapter-length paragraphs, the lack of dialog attribution and punctuation all contribute to what should be a difficult and unpleasant read. But goddamn, I’m mesmerized every time....
Originally here:http://guiltlessreading.blogspot.com/2009/12/double-by-jose-saramago.htmlFirst line: The man who had just come into the shop to rent a video bears on his identity card a most unusual name, a name with a classical flavor that time has staled, neither more nor less than Tertuliano Maxi...
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