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La Vie Est Brève Et Le Désir Sans Fin (2010)

by Patrick Lapeyre(Favorite Author)

2.9 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

2818006031 (ISBN13: 9782818006030)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

P.O.L.

review 1: I picked up Life is Short and Desire Endless from a group of blasé looking hipsters at the Brooklyn Book Festival (go figure). I was drawn to the book because it’s about a love triangle, and I myself seem to have a propensity for ending up in love triangles (where I usually get the crap end of the deal), so reading about similar people in miserable situations suits me.Lapeyere’s prose is simple yet urgent, perhaps due to the present tense, and his metaphors and analogies are nothing short of fascinating and deliciously bizarre. He’s one of those few authors who makes observations that go beyond the story at hand and have me underlining passages with fury and quoting them on Tumblr. Our protagonist, Louis Bleriot, would probably be a real idiot in real life, but Lape... moreyere manages to make him likable, and I often found myself hoping he’d get away with his questionable decisions. Nora, the real center of it all, reminded me of Zooey Deschanel in 500 Days of Summer if she were English and into French guys.The novel, however, like most things in life, is not without its faults. There were a few characters that I felt were superfluous, whose stories weaved erratically through the narrative and never quite added up – instead left hanging like ripped threads. I was also left feeling unsatisfied with the end of the novel, like the story had picked me up and then left me right back where I started, a slightly bent book spine the only evidence I had read it.Despite its occasional faults, I recommend this one to anyone who loves inventive prose and revels in the misery of unfulfilled romantic desires. And the title. GOD THE TITLE. Like dirty talk, it’s good in English and ever better in French – La Vie est Brève et le Desir sans Fin.
review 2: This book is told from the points of view of people who love, or have loved Nora. Nora seems like a plain enough woman, but she has a way over these 3 people: Louis Bleriot, Murphy Blomdale & Victoria. She drives them to depths of despair with longing for her, but she also ignites passions in them they've never before expereinced feeling for anyone else. This book really captures the best and the worst parts of being ferociously in love with someone. less

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