Ira Sher
Auteur de Gentlemen of Space: A Novel
Œuvres de Ira Sher
Lionflower Hedge 2 exemplaires
The Man in the Well 1 exemplaire
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- Œuvres
- 5
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- 2
- Membres
- 68
- Popularité
- #253,411
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 5
It is not an easy book to read. Everything is described in such a poetic way that if you try to fly over any sentence you only end up having to read it again. The reader must stop and absorb one line before tackling the next. It’s a dreamlike story where anything is bound to happen. The author somehow makes even the most absurd events, like the remaining astronauts camping outside the apartment building in their spacesuits, seem very believable. This often takes even more deep prose to illustrate what is happening. I understood the author’s desire to say something deeper with his story but such wordiness got to be a burden on the flow of the story.
Which is not to say I didn’t like the book. It was a good story and, again, somehow very believable. It was Sher’s debut novel and it would be interesting to see if he learns to streamline his writing in his next work.… (plus d'informations)