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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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a great book/,
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This review is from: The Death of a Beekeeper (Hardcover)
when i took the book from the library i thoght it would be a real burden. I think it's the best book i have ever read and I really recommend it.The story is so sad but contains some of the greatest qotes ever. Lars is a great author that can really reach out and grab you- sometimes when you least expect it and sometimes he can really make you cry.
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This review is from: The Death of a Beekeeper (Paperback)
The author cleverly uses a series of notebooks in this existential exploration of death. From the initial diagnosis to the apparent end, the reader journeys through the beekeeper's life through a series of reflections and painful ruminations in the present. While avoiding his reality, the beekeeper discovers the joys and sorrows of his journey in an exploration of the self.
The book begins with an explanation of the notebooks. This is helpful to the reader's understanding the flow of the book. Before his death, the beekeeper kept notes in three notebooks. These notebooks are arranged in a way that tells the beekeeper's story. The author tells his story beginning with adolesence and continuing with a failed marriage, an abandon teaching career, and new life as a beekeeper. While many of his thoughts are enlightening, no role is more important to the book than his being a "beekeeper". Particularly in seeing the death of bees and their ruination, we seen the beekeeper's true insight to life as his body and profession wither. On many levels, "The Death of a Beekeeper" is a clever book. Yet on some levels, the storyteller holds back too much. Perhaps the author's sense of realism in writing this book prevented him from revealing too much. As well written as it is, the reader can not help but wonder what more there is.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Incredible Book!,
By miket@southwind.net (Wichita, Kansas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Death of a Beekeeper (Hardcover)
As the previous reviewer said, this book is a very powerful story of a man trying to deal with cancer and at times can make you cry, but also laugh. Lars's descriptive powers are incredible. There is one part where a friend of his dives to the bottom of deep stream, and by the end of the chapter, I could feel the cold and wet of the stream. Overall excellent book- HIGHLY RECCOMENDED!!!
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