Clifford, the books I’ve read, because of you, are breathtaking. This one is in my top five as well. Just finished it this morning. Thank you. You are making a meaningful difference in my life.
Oh my God, you know the difference between a translator and an interpreter! That was just beautiful to hear. I've been planning to read this book since I was 15 or something because it was about a translator and back then I had a dream of becoming a translator, but I didn't even know it existed as a real profession. 12 years later I'm a full-fledged translator and interpreter, but haven't got round to read this novel yet. I damn sure am going to read it now after this brilliant review. If you liked this book, you'd probably gonna like another book by Javier Marías (and this one I did read): "Tomorrow, in the Battle, Think on Me". It's about a man who is going to hook up with a married woman while her husband is away in a business trip. He goes to her house, she puts her 2-year-old son to bed, they have dinner, and when they are in bed doing foreplay she suddenly feels ill and dies then and there. I tried to read it once, found it incredibly boring and dropped it, but it kind of stuck with me. Then I gave it a second chance some time later and it became one of my favorite books ever. There's an (adapted) quote from Shakespeare that keeps being repeated throughout the book. It actually has nothing to do with the story but for its haunting feel: "Tomorrow, in the battle, think on me, and fall thy edgeless sword: despair and die. Let me sit heavy on thy soul tomorrow, let me be lead within thy bosom and at a bloody battle end thy days: let fall thy lance. Think on me when I was mortal: despair and die."
I paused your video one second after you said that she killed herself in the bathroom, went online, bought the goddamn book and now I'm patiently waiting for it to arrive. Sorry Cliff, I will finish your review after I finish reading this book! CAN'T WAIT.
I bought the book after watching this video, and I have just finished reading it. I can't believe how good it is! Oh my god! I agree with every superlative in the video, and I rank this as one of my absolute favourite books of all time. Unbelievable. Wow.
Great review Cliff, per usual. I happened to be at a used book store a few days after watching the video and picked up a copy of A Heart So White. I look forward to digging into this book after I finish Madame Bovary.
Great job as usual. No doubt growing up with his dad being a philosopher he was reading from an early age and the paternal influence on the texts he read was strong.
Interesting review as always, Cliff. I've been curious to check out Marías for a while since his "Your Face Tomorrow" series keeps popping up in my Goodreads recommendations (I read a lot of Bolaño so, well done, algorithm.) Your enthusiasm for his writing has definitely piqued my curiosity.
Been meaning to read Marias for some time now (bought 'A Heart So White' ages ago), and this review has made me finally take the plunge. Twenty pages in and so far, so perfect. Thank you for your work man; been subscribed for some time now, and your reviews got me hooked on Bolano (for which I am so grateful). Would love to hear your thoughts on a Simenon one day. He's absolutely brilliant, and would fit this channel like a glove, particularly 'The Snow Was Dirty' or 'The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By'.
Personally, my favorite book by Marías is "Dark back of time". He himself regards it as his most beloved and yet underappreciated work. Marías is a fascinating character, both in his works and in whatever glimpses you can get of his personality through interviews and non fiction writing. His maturity novels (i.e the ones after "The man of feeling", this one being included as a sort of transition) all share a richly built and intricate universe, with recurring characters and themes. Custardoy, the shady fine art copyist from "A heart so white" gets a rather satisfying comeuppance in the third volume of "Your face tomorrow", and in almost every woman he portrays (you'll notice an abundance of Luisas, by the way), if you've read some of his most personal and melancholic articles and essays, you can't help but notice clear echoes of his mother, Lola Franco. There's even a sort of paradox in this universe, because throughout "Your face tomorrow" he tells the story of his family (his father's imprisonment, his mother's search of one of her brothers that was abducted an eventually killed by the regime), of course, with the names changed to reinforce the idea that it's fiction. Then, in "Thus bad begins", he introduces his uncle, B movie and porn director Jesús Franco (a.k.a Jess Frank) as an actual character, with everything he was and did in real life, which can only mean two things: that his actual family exists in this universe, meaning that there are two sets of people in Spain with the same Civil War story (his family and the fictional version of his family) or that Jesús Franco was born into what could have been Marías's family but wasn't because that family was the one of his character. This man is so vast that, to his potential detriment, I can't shake off my head what may sound like a conspiracy theory. The fact that he's an anglophile and a translator of major works of English literature such as Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne (from which he states he got his meandering style) means that people like you are extremely lucky to read him in English, because in Spanish the experience is... strange. Some phrases seem odly constructed, he uses words in English that he has to explain to later insert them untranslated as something that someone actually says (the use of the word 'Haunted' in "Tomorrow in the battle think on me" is the one that makes the most noise to me), and the way some of his characters talk and digress seems very unrealistic. But then you read him in English and everything flows so seamlessly, the rythm and structure are just so perfect that it leads me to think: what if the man is just translating his ghost writer, and then passes off the translation as the original work that then gets "translated back" by Margaret Jull Costa. I know it sounds like a stretch, but in a weird way, I think that's kind of a Marías's story in essence, a literary game that he plays better than anyone else, just like the fictional kingdom he inherited through literary means. Anyway, I just took the opportunity to gush over and digress about who I consider to be my favorite author, a fact that wouldn't change even if my crazy conspiracy turned out to be true. Great review, man, it was a pleasure to hear you speak with such elegance and enthusiasm about Marías's most celebrated work. Greetings from Colombia.
"Better than Stoner". Instantly checking it in the local library. Yup, we do have the lithuanian translation, reading it as soon as I get home tonight.
Hey, I am collecting verions of a heart so white. Could you send me a link where I can buy the lithuanian version :) I would like to collect A heart so white in many languages, and cannot find it in Lithuanian on my own. Thank you oh so much! :) lots of love from Germany, Eva
Awesome I would have never read this without your help, Cliff. I dream of Denis Villenueve doing an adaptation. Reminds me of Murakami as well because there is a surrealist element of an interconnected nature of the world. Speaking of, you should do a Murakami review please. I think I’ve pleaded for this on another video. Cheers from NM.
Marias is a genius. And You talking about him is briliant. Thank You very much. I would add Proust and Svevo to the group of authors You have mentioned. Your face tomorrow… is even better. I’m Polish by the way😊
Great, great book. Love your insights on it mate! I read it about a year and a half ago and its his philosophical meanderings that have stuck with me. In particular, “In our morbid attempt to prevent time from ending, to cause what is over to return, we are letting that other time slip past, as if it were not ours”
Up there with the likes of STONER, which is my favourite ever book... I'm picking this one up based off that statement alone! Great review as always Cliff
Samuel Hodges Me and my missus both agree that life can be defined between pre- and post- Stoner. Life altering book. I can’t wait to pick this one up.
Andrew Wood exactly Andrew, haha. If ever there was a perfect novel, Stoner has to be it! Maybe that and Lonesome Dove were the two books I’ve read that really nailed the human spirit
Javier Marías's translator into English, Margaret Jull Costa, is herself a tour de force translator. I think she may be the only translator to have been awarded an OBE by the Queen.
I'm looking forward to some film reviews! Also, this is off topic, but what happened to your review of The Recognitions? I was looking for it the other day and it seems to be gone.
@@BetterThanFoodBookReviews Right on! Thanks for the reply. Yeah, that'd be great if you wanted to do that sometime in the future. It's one of my favorite novels. Honestly, I'm just glad to know I wasn't going crazy and remembering something that never happened.
More content?! That's dope, man. Definitely watching them all. Also you know what's weird? I can't read any serious book unless I'm drinking out of the Books Are Better Than Food mug haha.
Have you ever considered reviewing some Shakespeare? I know it’s not a very unique thing to do, but I’d still love to hear your thoughts on something like Macbeth or The Tempest. If Shakespeare is not your thing, there are some other great verse dramas out there.
No we don’t if we can’t speak Spanish. I think his language is superb in every language of its translated well. I LOVED HIM in English and I think he loves dealing with languages especially European languages.
I want to know, do you have any blog or goodreads account so that I can look book recommentation or favorites without any spoiled ? :) Because, whenever I click ur videos, I couldn't stop to watch til the end of it. :) Also, its a nice review as always :)
I paused the video and started reading 😄 it’s really addictive! I just found out that they’re making a movie of Stoner (which I just finished reading thanks to you!) Casey Affleck is playing Stoner!
Good review, I'll pick this book up and give a chance to Marías. Here in Spain he's not considered to be a very likeable person, a bit arrogant and always harping on his having been an Oxford scholar and reflecting all that on his novels, where one can't help thinking that he's always behind the novel's hero, but maybe all this shouldn't matter when it comes to read his books..
Lo he dicho en más de una ocasión: basta oír a Marías en cualquier entrevista para convencerse de que todo aquel que lo tilde de antipático, arrogante, borde y lindezas similares, no puede ser más que un imbécil. Pero como los imbéciles son lo predominante, muchos ni se molestan en ver entrevistas ni, mucho menos, en leerlo. Con haber oído una vez esas opiniones, les basta y les sobra.
Haven't seen it. Already gave a Like. I know it will be awesome. I have this book, this video is a good way of making me read it sooner rather than later! Keep it up man, you are a GOD.
Yo sí lo he leído y, la verdad, no sé si lo recomendaría. El mismo Borges, que lo veneraba, dijo en varias ocasiones que el atractivo y el interés de Macedonio Fernández residía, sobre todo, en su trato personal. Y que para él, escribir no era demasiado importante.
Hey! You always seem to love the books you review. How about giving the books you hate some love? Don't get me wrong, I enjoy these reviews muchos, hombre. But have you ever considered some salt to go with all this sugar?
I really enjoy your channel, keep on. You should read and review "the tutu" by léon genonceaux. You will definatly like this book, if you like de sade and lautréamont. He was the publisher of the chants and wrote also. It's just insane debauchary
13:46 That is a call to prayer. It's called adhan. I'm your long time follower Mr. Cliff, I like your work. I would like to suggest to you to read some of the Islamic non-fiction books, to learn about Islam. It will give you a new insight on life. Im sure you will find it inspiring. Peace.
If it's anything like Stoner I will read it! Also thanks for the thumbnail! The political chaos and censorship is becoming unsettling tbh. Best regards from Vienna!
I was just about to finish "Tomorrow in the battle think on me", by the same author. I liked it but I was doubtful to read another book of his. Now I think I made up my mind! 😊
Yeah that a great book- with all those repetitions, harbingers, mirrors of reality-the fact than one thing as if forsees or confirms the other -reminds of Mirakami's 'The wind-up bird chronicle' or movies like 'Three colours:Red" and 'Lapartment'. It feels like reality is a living thing and tries to talk to us but we dont understand it or we are able to listen when its too late.
CLIFF WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO READ SHAKESPEARE? Do the whole lot. Just get the complete works and start from the beginning. Thanks so much for the review.
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Clifford, the books I’ve read, because of you, are breathtaking. This one is in my top five as well. Just finished it this morning. Thank you. You are making a meaningful difference in my life.
I can't believe it, I'm reading this book right now and loving it.
Oh my God, you know the difference between a translator and an interpreter! That was just beautiful to hear. I've been planning to read this book since I was 15 or something because it was about a translator and back then I had a dream of becoming a translator, but I didn't even know it existed as a real profession. 12 years later I'm a full-fledged translator and interpreter, but haven't got round to read this novel yet. I damn sure am going to read it now after this brilliant review.
If you liked this book, you'd probably gonna like another book by Javier Marías (and this one I did read): "Tomorrow, in the Battle, Think on Me". It's about a man who is going to hook up with a married woman while her husband is away in a business trip. He goes to her house, she puts her 2-year-old son to bed, they have dinner, and when they are in bed doing foreplay she suddenly feels ill and dies then and there.
I tried to read it once, found it incredibly boring and dropped it, but it kind of stuck with me. Then I gave it a second chance some time later and it became one of my favorite books ever. There's an (adapted) quote from Shakespeare that keeps being repeated throughout the book. It actually has nothing to do with the story but for its haunting feel: "Tomorrow, in the battle, think on me, and fall thy edgeless sword: despair and die. Let me sit heavy on thy soul tomorrow, let me be lead within thy bosom and at a bloody battle end thy days: let fall thy lance. Think on me when I was mortal: despair and die."
I paused your video one second after you said that she killed herself in the bathroom, went online, bought the goddamn book and now I'm patiently waiting for it to arrive. Sorry Cliff, I will finish your review after I finish reading this book! CAN'T WAIT.
I bought the book after watching this video, and I have just finished reading it. I can't believe how good it is! Oh my god! I agree with every superlative in the video, and I rank this as one of my absolute favourite books of all time. Unbelievable. Wow.
Oh yes. I get giddy when one of these pops up. Time to get the coffee on.
My man Cliff.
RIP maestro 2022
I love that you are reviewing so many great books in Spanish, it doesn't seem that they are read that much in English speaking countries.
Greetings from Poland, thank you for reviews of those extraordinary books that I would have never heard about without your channel
A Heart So White is one of my all-time favorite books.
I just finished reading A Heart So White after your recommendation, and I absolutely loved it. Thanks.
I read it four times. A lifelong favorite. His "Tomorrow in the battle think on me" is just as good.
Great review Cliff, per usual. I happened to be at a used book store a few days after watching the video and picked up a copy of A Heart So White. I look forward to digging into this book after I finish Madame Bovary.
Was beginning to worry bout you Cliff. Good to see you're well. Great review.
Great job as usual. No doubt growing up with his dad being a philosopher he was reading from an early age and the paternal influence on the texts he read was strong.
Literally just brought this book home with me from the store. Great timing Cliff.
Interesting review as always, Cliff. I've been curious to check out Marías for a while since his "Your Face Tomorrow" series keeps popping up in my Goodreads recommendations (I read a lot of Bolaño so, well done, algorithm.) Your enthusiasm for his writing has definitely piqued my curiosity.
Weird Book Book Club Your Face Tomorrow is one of the best books of the 21st century.
@@thomasrex1431 Awesome! Your endorsement makes me even more curious. I mean, how could you not want to read a novel called "Fever and Spear"?
Been meaning to read Marias for some time now (bought 'A Heart So White' ages ago), and this review has made me finally take the plunge. Twenty pages in and so far, so perfect.
Thank you for your work man; been subscribed for some time now, and your reviews got me hooked on Bolano (for which I am so grateful). Would love to hear your thoughts on a Simenon one day. He's absolutely brilliant, and would fit this channel like a glove, particularly 'The Snow Was Dirty' or 'The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By'.
Thank you again for sharing your thinking and what you are reading. And I hope you share film reviews soon because I need to watch more good movies.
Personally, my favorite book by Marías is "Dark back of time". He himself regards it as his most beloved and yet underappreciated work. Marías is a fascinating character, both in his works and in whatever glimpses you can get of his personality through interviews and non fiction writing. His maturity novels (i.e the ones after "The man of feeling", this one being included as a sort of transition) all share a richly built and intricate universe, with recurring characters and themes. Custardoy, the shady fine art copyist from "A heart so white" gets a rather satisfying comeuppance in the third volume of "Your face tomorrow", and in almost every woman he portrays (you'll notice an abundance of Luisas, by the way), if you've read some of his most personal and melancholic articles and essays, you can't help but notice clear echoes of his mother, Lola Franco. There's even a sort of paradox in this universe, because throughout "Your face tomorrow" he tells the story of his family (his father's imprisonment, his mother's search of one of her brothers that was abducted an eventually killed by the regime), of course, with the names changed to reinforce the idea that it's fiction. Then, in "Thus bad begins", he introduces his uncle, B movie and porn director Jesús Franco (a.k.a Jess Frank) as an actual character, with everything he was and did in real life, which can only mean two things: that his actual family exists in this universe, meaning that there are two sets of people in Spain with the same Civil War story (his family and the fictional version of his family) or that Jesús Franco was born into what could have been Marías's family but wasn't because that family was the one of his character. This man is so vast that, to his potential detriment, I can't shake off my head what may sound like a conspiracy theory. The fact that he's an anglophile and a translator of major works of English literature such as Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne (from which he states he got his meandering style) means that people like you are extremely lucky to read him in English, because in Spanish the experience is... strange. Some phrases seem odly constructed, he uses words in English that he has to explain to later insert them untranslated as something that someone actually says (the use of the word 'Haunted' in "Tomorrow in the battle think on me" is the one that makes the most noise to me), and the way some of his characters talk and digress seems very unrealistic. But then you read him in English and everything flows so seamlessly, the rythm and structure are just so perfect that it leads me to think: what if the man is just translating his ghost writer, and then passes off the translation as the original work that then gets "translated back" by Margaret Jull Costa. I know it sounds like a stretch, but in a weird way, I think that's kind of a Marías's story in essence, a literary game that he plays better than anyone else, just like the fictional kingdom he inherited through literary means. Anyway, I just took the opportunity to gush over and digress about who I consider to be my favorite author, a fact that wouldn't change even if my crazy conspiracy turned out to be true. Great review, man, it was a pleasure to hear you speak with such elegance and enthusiasm about Marías's most celebrated work. Greetings from Colombia.
Your content is great man!!! Greetings from Brazil!!
"Better than Stoner". Instantly checking it in the local library. Yup, we do have the lithuanian translation, reading it as soon as I get home tonight.
Hey, I am collecting verions of a heart so white. Could you send me a link where I can buy the lithuanian version :) I would like to collect A heart so white in many languages, and cannot find it in Lithuanian on my own. Thank you oh so much! :) lots of love from Germany, Eva
Awesome
I would have never read this without your help,
Cliff. I dream of Denis Villenueve doing an adaptation. Reminds me of Murakami as well because there is a surrealist element of an interconnected nature of the world. Speaking of, you should do a Murakami review please. I think I’ve pleaded for this on another video.
Cheers from NM.
Marias is a genius. And You talking about him is briliant. Thank You very much. I would add Proust and Svevo to the group of authors You have mentioned. Your face tomorrow… is even better. I’m Polish by the way😊
Great, great book. Love your insights on it mate! I read it about a year and a half ago and its his philosophical meanderings that have stuck with me. In particular, “In our morbid attempt to prevent time from ending, to cause what is over to return, we are letting that other time slip past, as if it were not ours”
Man it sounds like this book is worth skipping lunch for a week
Like wow, man
You must read Maria’s novel «Tu rostro mañana» (Your face tomorrow). It’s even better. A fucking masterpiece.
One of the best books I've ever read. Reading now "Berta Isla" and also loving it
This has been on my 'to read' for a long time, thanks to you I'll bump it up the pecking order and order it now. Better than stoner?? I can't wait
Up there with the likes of STONER, which is my favourite ever book... I'm picking this one up based off that statement alone! Great review as always Cliff
Samuel Hodges Me and my missus both agree that life can be defined between pre- and post- Stoner.
Life altering book. I can’t wait to pick this one up.
Andrew Wood exactly Andrew, haha. If ever there was a perfect novel, Stoner has to be it! Maybe that and Lonesome Dove were the two books I’ve read that really nailed the human spirit
I loved _Stoner,_ too, off Cliff's rec, as well; in fact, reviewed it on my channel:
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Great episode. Look forward to reading this.
I adore this book. One of my favourites.
Javier Marías's translator into English, Margaret Jull Costa, is herself a tour de force translator. I think she may be the only translator to have been awarded an OBE by the Queen.
I'm looking forward to some film reviews! Also, this is off topic, but what happened to your review of The Recognitions? I was looking for it the other day and it seems to be gone.
Thanks! I just thought it wasn't that good, I should do it again.
@@BetterThanFoodBookReviews Right on! Thanks for the reply. Yeah, that'd be great if you wanted to do that sometime in the future. It's one of my favorite novels. Honestly, I'm just glad to know I wasn't going crazy and remembering something that never happened.
I like your style so much ♥️
More content?! That's dope, man. Definitely watching them all.
Also you know what's weird? I can't read any serious book unless I'm drinking out of the Books Are Better Than Food mug haha.
Ha! Well I appreciate that, glad you're enjoying, thanks for watching.
Have you ever considered reviewing some Shakespeare? I know it’s not a very unique thing to do, but I’d still love to hear your thoughts on something like Macbeth or The Tempest. If Shakespeare is not your thing, there are some other great verse dramas out there.
Have you read Ken Kesey? One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest is also a stunning and phenomenal novel
Deberían leerlo en español, en tanto que es un tesoro (el autor) hispánico 😉
No we don’t if we can’t speak Spanish. I think his language is superb in every language of its translated well. I LOVED HIM in English and I think he loves dealing with languages especially European languages.
Have you read Satantango by László Krasznahorkai?
I want to know, do you have any blog or goodreads account so that I can look book recommentation or favorites without any spoiled ? :) Because, whenever I click ur videos, I couldn't stop to watch til the end of it. :) Also, its a nice review as always :)
Thanks for the suggestion man. Will read it definitely
Keep up the good work 👍👍👍
RIP Javier Marias.
where do you review films?
I like that your read books from Latin American and Spanish writers
Nice shot of St Florians in your intro.
Truly an amazing book.
I am reading it right and now it’s soo good and my last read was Stoner now that was not at all planned 😅
Buying this straight after work, thanks!
I paused the video and started reading 😄 it’s really addictive! I just found out that they’re making a movie of Stoner (which I just finished reading thanks to you!) Casey Affleck is playing Stoner!
Good review, I'll pick this book up and give a chance to Marías. Here in Spain he's not considered to be a very likeable person, a bit arrogant and always harping on his having been an Oxford scholar and reflecting all that on his novels, where one can't help thinking that he's always behind the novel's hero, but maybe all this shouldn't matter when it comes to read his books..
Lo he dicho en más de una ocasión: basta oír a Marías en cualquier entrevista para convencerse de que todo aquel que lo tilde de antipático, arrogante, borde y lindezas similares, no puede ser más que un imbécil. Pero como los imbéciles son lo predominante, muchos ni se molestan en ver entrevistas ni, mucho menos, en leerlo. Con haber oído una vez esas opiniones, les basta y les sobra.
BETTER THAN STONER????
🤯
Much better. Somehow.
Haven't seen it. Already gave a Like. I know it will be awesome. I have this book, this video is a good way of making me read it sooner rather than later! Keep it up man, you are a GOD.
excellent... un corazón tan blanco
Time to read it again. Maravillosa novela. Thanks!
Definitely gonna check his one out then!
Woah, I should get this book! Thanks for this video :)
It’s so good I’ve just finished it.
Sounds interesting and I'm glad the criterion channel is back. I missed all those interesting bonus features they have.
Give ‘At swim two birds’ a read, by Flann O’brien. It’s short hilarious and so well written.
Have you ever read Macedonio Fernández?
Yo sí lo he leído y, la verdad, no sé si lo recomendaría. El mismo Borges, que lo veneraba, dijo en varias ocasiones que el atractivo y el interés de Macedonio Fernández residía, sobre todo, en su trato personal. Y que para él, escribir no era demasiado importante.
Cool review. Curious, how come you move so much?
I've been meaning to read it!
Hey! You always seem to love the books you review. How about giving the books you hate some love? Don't get me wrong, I enjoy these reviews muchos, hombre. But have you ever considered some salt to go with all this sugar?
If you’re looking for more high quality book reviews, I suggest you check out Stripped Cover Lit.
I really enjoy your channel, keep on. You should read and review "the tutu" by léon genonceaux. You will definatly like this book, if you like de sade and lautréamont. He was the publisher of the chants and wrote also. It's just insane debauchary
You should check out Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s new novel “Little Boy”!
13:46 That is a call to prayer. It's called adhan. I'm your long time follower Mr. Cliff, I like your work. I would like to suggest to you to read some of the Islamic non-fiction books, to learn about Islam. It will give you a new insight on life. Im sure you will find it inspiring. Peace.
OOOooo _fuck,_ IMA have to read this, now ... Thx, Cliff! 🇮🇪👊🍀
Read "All Souls"
RIP Javier Marias :(
Thanks for picking my next read. Since I am fasting, good time to finish Dubliners and get started on A Heart So White.
If it's anything like Stoner I will read it! Also thanks for the thumbnail! The political chaos and censorship is becoming unsettling tbh. Best regards from Vienna!
I'm completely out of the loop, I had to look up what you're referring to.
@@BetterThanFoodBookReviews Aaah I see! Hope you don't get any trouble for a simple ok gesture!
His words stick to my flesh as to blotting paper.
Berta Isla, his new book, is very very good. (Sadly, there's no one like Bolaño in Latin American or Spanish literature)
I was just about to finish "Tomorrow in the battle think on me", by the same author. I liked it but I was doubtful to read another book of his. Now I think I made up my mind! 😊
Better than stoner? Im sold.
Have to stop watching your videos, my to-read list is getting to big. Will reread A heart so white. Loved it the first time I read it.
its obsene how i look at you in the eyes when you talk about something that u really like.... :)
What!?! Better than Stoner!?!... ok, just bought it.
Such a beautiful, haunting sound.
You are fortunate to live within earshot of the call to prayer.
Tomorrow in the battle think of me is as gorgeous as a heart so white
Yeah that a great book- with all those repetitions, harbingers, mirrors of reality-the fact than one thing as if forsees or confirms the other -reminds of Mirakami's 'The wind-up bird chronicle' or movies like 'Three colours:Red" and 'Lapartment'. It feels like reality is a living thing and tries to talk to us but we dont understand it or we are able to listen when its too late.
CLIFF WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO READ SHAKESPEARE? Do the whole lot. Just get the complete works and start from the beginning. Thanks so much for the review.
Perfecto Literaturo
Venom or Bathory?
Don't disappoint me.
Top 5? Wow. I read it and I didnt like it not a little bit.