Criticism:
This is a funny book, but extremely awqward. That is why it is a book which grips the reader but which doesn't produce too much empathy to the reader, as it is quite difficult to tie the loose ends which the author presents, to understand the characters' decisions (they have a strange way of thinking), and enter in the situation of the book. Even so, the book is very entertaining if it is read by the correct type of person, that I think must be someone older than 13 years old, overall up to 30 years, with a very open mind.
I have been told very different things about this novel, and one of the most frequent is that Eduardo Mendoza didn't know what he was doing while writing it. In the other hand, it is interesting to read about absurd situations which most people wouldn't imagine.
Author's official webpage: Nonexistent
This is a funny book, but extremely awqward. That is why it is a book which grips the reader but which doesn't produce too much empathy to the reader, as it is quite difficult to tie the loose ends which the author presents, to understand the characters' decisions (they have a strange way of thinking), and enter in the situation of the book. Even so, the book is very entertaining if it is read by the correct type of person, that I think must be someone older than 13 years old, overall up to 30 years, with a very open mind.
I have been told very different things about this novel, and one of the most frequent is that Eduardo Mendoza didn't know what he was doing while writing it. In the other hand, it is interesting to read about absurd situations which most people wouldn't imagine.
Author's official webpage: Nonexistent
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