Beatrice and Virgil
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Average rating2.6
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Ratings9
Average rating2.6
Fate takes many forms. . . . When Henry receives a letter from an elderly taxidermist, it poses a puzzle that he cannot resist. As he is pulled further into the world of this strange and calculating man, Henry becomes increasingly involved with the lives of a donkey and a howler monkey--named Beatrice and Virgil--and the epic journey they undertake together.With all the spirit and originality that made Life of Pi so beloved, this brilliant new novel takes the reader on a haunting odyssey. On the way Martel asks profound questions about life and art, truth and deception, responsibility and complicity.From the Hardcover edition.
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Caveat: I was listening to the audiobook of this while on a long run, so your experience reading it may differ.
Thirty minutes into the book, here is what had happened:
An author was excited about his book and had a meeting with his editors where they tore it to shreds. He pouted, had the revelation that they were right, fell into a slump, quit writing and fantasized about working a “normal” job, and suffered from bitter envy of anyone successfully creative.
I do not need to read about this process; I live it regularly, except my own life is not punctuated by pages long speeches on the nature of art and history and the structure of language and and and...
I turned it off and ran in silence instead.
I liked how the writer came up with descriptions for things in the story.
