kayaaaaaaaaa's review
5.0
“but surely the will to create is a form of the will to live…?”
“a lean black dog started barking at him, but he was not afraid. indeed, he even loved this dog. in the very center of the marketplace, a sycamore spread its branches in all directions. he stood at the foot of the tree and looked up through the branches at the sky. a single star shone directly above him.”
“he wanted to live life so intensely that he could die at any moment without regrets.”
“phlegm? but it was not phlegm. he thought of the shortness of life and once again imagined the coconut blossom — the blossom of the coconut palm soaring on high far across the ocean.”
“sometimes in his dreams the image would come to him of Villon waiting to be hanged. like Villon, he had several times nearly fallen to the ultimate depths of life, but neither his situation nor his physical energy would permit him to keep this up. he grew gradually weaker, like the tree Swift saw, so long ago, withering from the top down.”
“he barely made it through each day in the gloom, leaning as it were upon a chipped and narrow sword.”
docka's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
magdalena_k's review
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5