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5.0 out of 5 stars
i loved it
I absolutely loved the poetic, mysterious, and tortuous journey that this book brings you upon. It is one of my favorite books of all time. Taste is subjective, and I have added my rating to balance out the last comment, which is only one star. Certainly this book does not read like quick-read pop novels. I drank this book in like a fine wine - with ecstatic sips.
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The novel as abstract art?
Perhaps this is a literary masterpiece, but I couldn't even get past the first few pages. The most puzzling work I've come across since finding Joyce's "Finnegan's Wake." Goytisolo "challenges the reader to partake of a cerebral, esoteric literary experiment?" It reads to me like free-associative ramblings. I was looking to casually read a modern Spanish author, but I...
Published on June 27, 2004 by Cuvtixo
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This review is from: The Virtues of the Solitary Bird (Masks/Begins on Page 11/No Capitalization Or Indentation) (Paperback)
I absolutely loved the poetic, mysterious, and tortuous journey that this book brings you upon. It is one of my favorite books of all time. Taste is subjective, and I have added my rating to balance out the last comment, which is only one star. Certainly this book does not read like quick-read pop novels. I drank this book in like a fine wine - with ecstatic sips.
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The novel as abstract art?,
By Cuvtixo "complibrary" (Arlington, MA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Virtues of the Solitary Bird (Masks/Begins on Page 11/No Capitalization Or Indentation) (Paperback)
Perhaps this is a literary masterpiece, but I couldn't even get past the first few pages. The most puzzling work I've come across since finding Joyce's "Finnegan's Wake." Goytisolo "challenges the reader to partake of a cerebral, esoteric literary experiment?" It reads to me like free-associative ramblings. I was looking to casually read a modern Spanish author, but I found it unreadable
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The Virtues of the Solitary Bird (Masks/Begins on Page 11/No Capitalization Or Indentation) by Juan Goytisolo (Paperback - July 1, 1992)
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