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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent, but where's the rest?
Aub had a spare, direct style that flares with poetic energy. His characters, at least in Field of Honor, are sharply sketched, and the social terrain vividly defined. Why is this all that we have in English translation of The Magic Labyrinth? Though I equally lament it, I can see why the last two volumes of Weiss' Aesthetics of Resistance have been slow in coming;...
Published on October 5, 2009 by Think Twice
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A True Dissapointment
I love just about any and all books about the Spanish Civil War. As much as I wanted to like this book, it was a chore to get through it. All the writing is in short, twitter-like phrases. All the characters are presented not as living human beings, but as talking ideologues. I just cannot recommend this book. For a brilliant novel about this war, read David Boling's...
Published 22 months ago by Ron E. Kendricks
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent, but where's the rest?,
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Aub had a spare, direct style that flares with poetic energy. His characters, at least in Field of Honor, are sharply sketched, and the social terrain vividly defined. Why is this all that we have in English translation of The Magic Labyrinth? Though I equally lament it, I can see why the last two volumes of Weiss' Aesthetics of Resistance have been slow in coming; the style is challenging and reading is work, however well-rewarded. But Aub writes transparently. It's a shame he's not with us in full.
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I love just about any and all books about the Spanish Civil War. As much as I wanted to like this book, it was a chore to get through it. All the writing is in short, twitter-like phrases. All the characters are presented not as living human beings, but as talking ideologues. I just cannot recommend this book. For a brilliant novel about this war, read David Boling's "Guerneica," or Alan Furst's "Night Soldiers."
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Field of Honour by Max Aub (Hardcover - September 7, 2009)
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