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Notti Bianche (2010)

by André Aciman(Favorite Author)

3.15 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

8860885779 (ISBN13: 9788860885777)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Guanda

review 1: If you love music and sympathize with introspective and intelligent characters who think as much as they act, this book is a gem. I've read critiques that find the characters unrealistic -- too elitist, too thinky, imbuing all sorts of moments with too much significance. All I can say is these reviewers are not Aciman's people. But make no mistake -- Aciman is writing about *certain* real people and he is writing them brilliantly. There is some stunning prose in this book and I saw every single location taking shape, felt the heat of every fire, the snow on my eyelashes, was right there in the car for the drives along the Hudson... Bravo, Mr. Aciman.
review 2: A clever tale of a perverse little relationship that literally lasts through a snowy week. It’s a... more New York novel through and through, not only in terms of place, but also in terms of the characters’ neuroses. The male narrator is so frustratingly weak and obsessed, you want to hit him, and it is this that makes the novel so extraordinary. Without Aciman’s excellent writing, both sentences and structure, I can’t imagine it working. less

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