One of the silliest books I have ever read. I mean "silly" in a positive way. While the pace could be better, it's amazing to pull out such a story from such a concept. The style also blew me away.
The short stories, not having the pacing issues that the novel may have are simply genius.
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Frenchman in Japan. I used to be a graduate student in literature, but now I'm happy when I find the time to open a book (currently working on doing that more often, though).
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DavidB rated The sandman: 5 stars
The sandman by Neil Gaiman, Michael Zulli, Marc Hempel (Sandman, Book 4)
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DavidB rated Dream Country (The Sandman, Vol. 3): 5 stars
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DavidB rated The Sandman: 5 stars
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DavidB rated And Then There Were None: 5 stars
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DavidB rated L'anomalie: 2 stars
L'anomalie by Hervé Le Tellier
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DavidB rated Bartleby the Scrivener: 4 stars
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DavidB rated Station Eleven: 4 stars
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DavidB rated Exhalation: 4 stars
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DavidB rated Moon River: 5 stars
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Review of "Ulrich Haarburste's Novel of Roy Orbison in Clingfilm" on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
DavidB reviewed L'homme qui pleure de rire by Frédéric Beigbeder
Review of "L'homme qui pleure de rire" on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Beigbeder vieillit.
Un bon début, de dernières pages magnifiques, mais le reste est limite poussif.
Enfin, ce livre marque la fin de sa vie parisienne. Depuis des années, j'espérais qu'il quitte cette vie dissolue et se consacre enfin vraiment à la littérature. La côte basque est le lieu idéal pour ça (et pour une vie plus saine). Espérons que ses futurs livres soient plus de la trempe d'une Roman Français et d'Oona & Salinger et moins comme la trilogie d'Octave Parango qui est trop longue de deux livres.