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A Curable Romantic (2010)

by Joseph Skibell(Favorite Author)

3.21 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1565129296 (ISBN13: 9781565129290)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Algonquin Books

review 1: What an unusual novel! I was transported to Freud's Austria, the Esperanto movement in Paris, through the bosom of Abraham, and ended up in WW II Warsaw in this bittersweet tale of unrequited love. A lovable, but complicated protagonist and a complex and ever-changing love interest were both fictional, but embedded within the historical context of psychoanalysis, universal language, and world war. I learned so much about Freud and his contemporaries, Esperanto, Judaism, and Jewish folklore during this book, which despite its length, was a fast paced novel. There were a few slow moving sections near the end of the second part, hence the 4 star rating, but overall a smart and enjoyable read.
review 2: The short version: Love transcends death. But this book is so ... moremuch more than that: the narrator works with Sigmund Freud and his most famous patient, is part of the Esperanto language movement, finds himself in a ghetto during WWII, and then travels to heaven and back--all while his soul mate appears as new characters in different segments of his life. Skibell's world(s) are fascinating. Parts of this novel got a little long, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. less

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