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Una Vida Plena (1971)

by L.J. Davis(Favorite Author)

3.6 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

La Bestia Equilatera

review 1: Thought about only giving it one star, but the writing was good enough to earn an extra star. That's about all I enjoyed of it, however.The above was my most vivid impression upon finishing this book, but after more contemplation, I do see more what the author was trying to communicate. Now it gets a full two stars, rather than the begrudging two stars I previously gave, if that makes sense. I'd almost give it 2.5 stars. However, the two words that pop into my head when thinking of this book are bleak and dark. It is funny in places, albeit sardonically.
review 2: A bleak satire of the search for personal fulfillment through real estate. Written in 1971, it remains strikingly topical today, awash as we are in HGTV and the myriad other home improvement products... more. A listless man who married poorly and woke up one day to find his artistic dreams thwarted, he attempts to reassert himself through urban pioneering, but ultimately finds himself overcome by events beyond his control.I can only give this book three stars because the middle of the book drags down with the subplot of his exceedingly annoying and overbearing wife, who he never should have married in the first place and who engineers his ennui. The ending of the book, howver, is a tour de force of nihilism and despair, evoking a bleak disintegration of identity that can only be described as impressive. less

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