![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
(no subject)
Apr. 30th, 2013 02:57 pmIn all the madness lately I did manage to READ BOOKS.
Well, okay, BOOK, but it was a long one!
"...does the Alexandria Quartet qualify as eastern literature?"
"There is a very simple test," said Vikram. "Is it about bored, tired people having sex?"
"Yes," said the convert, surprised.
"Then it's western."
--p. 159
( Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson )
Final Verdict: I generally don't enjoy super-long novels, especially ones which throw this much at their hero, but I loved this book. I can't recommend it highly enough; it's definitely one of the best fiction books I've read in the last few years.
"I was afraid you'd turn into one of those literary types who say 'books can change the world' when they're feeling good about themselves and 'it's only a book' when anybody challenges them. It wasn't about the books themselves -- it was about hypocrisy. You can speak casually about burning the Alf Yeom for the same reason you'd be horrified if I suggested burning The Satanic Verses -- because you have reactions, not convictions." --p. 354
Well, okay, BOOK, but it was a long one!
"...does the Alexandria Quartet qualify as eastern literature?"
"There is a very simple test," said Vikram. "Is it about bored, tired people having sex?"
"Yes," said the convert, surprised.
"Then it's western."
--p. 159
( Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson )
Final Verdict: I generally don't enjoy super-long novels, especially ones which throw this much at their hero, but I loved this book. I can't recommend it highly enough; it's definitely one of the best fiction books I've read in the last few years.
"I was afraid you'd turn into one of those literary types who say 'books can change the world' when they're feeling good about themselves and 'it's only a book' when anybody challenges them. It wasn't about the books themselves -- it was about hypocrisy. You can speak casually about burning the Alf Yeom for the same reason you'd be horrified if I suggested burning The Satanic Verses -- because you have reactions, not convictions." --p. 354
