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Lives Other Than My Own: A Memoir (2009)

by Emmanuel Carrère(Favorite Author)

3.87 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1429973285 (ISBN13: 9781429973281)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Metropolitan Books

review 1: I have only just finished this book and am perhaps reviewing too early as I haven't had time to fully reflect yet. My initial thoughts are that the stories are well written and easy to read. I couldn't put it down at first, the retelling of the tsunami was terrible but gripping. I found it amazing how one side of the road could be untouched while the seaward side was devastated. How lucky was the author and his family to have changed their plans. Unfortunately the writing style and subject matter ceased to hold my attention in the same way once the focus transferred to his partner's sister. The story felt pretty flat and, after the meeting with Etienne it pretty much went downhill for me. I guess I am not really interested in the French justice system to the depth in ... morewhich it was often described, and I found myself skim reading. I also didn't much care for his trying to bring the tsunami family back into the story in at attempt to end the book. Having said that, there were certain parts, towards the end, where I had to fight back the tears, and this is definitely due to Carrere's skill as a writer.
review 2: Il titolo potrebbe far pensare a una sorta di distacco quasi lucreziano: Meno male che questo non capita a me, a mia moglie, a mia figlia. Invece c'� un'elaborazione profonda e intensa: attraverso il dolore degli altri l'autore ritrova il vero senso della sua vita e anche la felicit�. Lucido e saggio, dunque. Ma per noi che non siamo n� lucidi n� saggi, la lettura si fa dolorosa e a tratti straziante. less

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