A review by kelseystamey
Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel

3.0

This aching Holocaust allegory occasionally strikes the right chord, and when it does, the sound is divine. Martel's prose can be lyrical, especially in the description of the pear in the play within the story, and he asks a few thoughtful questions. However, some of the material is too trite and derivative of other famous works for many readers (myself included) to consider Beatrice and Virgil as anything more than a flight of a talented author's imagination, a glorified daydream. I agree with other reviews; it would have worked best as a short story.