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The Terrible Privacy Of Maxwell Sim (2010)

by Jonathan Coe(Favorite Author)

3.33 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0670917389 (ISBN13: 9780670917389)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Viking

review 1: Depois de ter lido “A Chuva Antes de Cair” e “A Vida Privada de Maxwell Sim”, ameaço tornar-me uma verdadeira fã de Jonathan Coe.Este livro divertiu-me e ao mesmo tempo deixou-me irremediavelmente triste.Trata-se de uma profunda, magnífica e completamente delirante reflexão, sobre o mundo em que vivemos.Podemos relacionar-nos virtualmente com pessoas do mundo inteiro. Estamos todos interligados, sem fichas nem fios. Podemos estar sentados em nossas casas e com um clique comunicar com o mundo.Sem nunca termos visto alguém, podemos tecer sólidas redes sem fios, estabelecer fluxos de ideias e sentimentos entre corpos, corações e almas…No entanto, estamos cada vez mais sós. Aqui está um belo epitáfio “Aqui jaz Maxwell Sim, a pessoa mais desnecessária qu... moree alguma vez nasceu”
review 2: I adored this novel. That is, until the last 3 pages. I suppose the author wanted to make--again--a point about the nature of fictive truth. But that had already been addressed, more gracefully, by the character himself. Or perhaps he thought that was the only fitting ending to a novel full of preposterous coincidences? But readers know they're slightly preposterous coincidences, and read novels in order to briefly entertain worlds with more harmony to them than the actual world. The effect is lost if, in the last three pages, a giant negation sign is put in front of the whole thing. Otherwise, I enjoyed it immensely. I've known people as sad and lost as Maxwell, who seemed in need of a path to follow (to be charted?) forward. This was a compelling portrayal of a person in that state, and his not-quite-intentional journey to find himself, full of humor and delightful coincidences. I enjoyed the implicit 2001: A Space Oddysey allusions as well. ETA: Unless of course Maxwell is *a Sim,* e.g. a simulated person. In that case the ending simply reinforces that. Perhaps his depression comes from the lack of details provided in his fictive existence, and was meant to show that insofar as any of us lack these details, we will feel like simulated persons. Alright, perhaps I like the ending a bit more now. less

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