I'm going through 4

I appreciate this writer
I hope the reading is enjoyable, Armando

Love him! Is one of the greatest storytellers of all times!

Have you read it, Armando? It sits waiting for me, a mountain to climb. Sadly though, I feel his work has gently declined from the brilliant New York Trilogy, Moon Palace and The Music of Chance. So many novelists, particularly in this new millennium seem to get caught up in trying to produce gigantic volumes, which all seem to get lavish praise and tend to be purchased but probably unread. I think it’s a neurotic attempt by the writers to compete with the superabundance of our informational environment. I’m open to my mind being changed if you’re enjoying it!

Well, it has taken much more time than I though although, I didn't finish the reading yett! You forgot a couple of other old nice novels like The Book of Illusions, Invisible, Man In The Dark, and The Inner Life of Martin Frost, between others, certainly. As you say the temptation for an extended book in pursuit of Tostoi or other "neurotic" classics, it's an attempt to leave a spiritual will to posterity, otherwise a signal that his writing is on decline. To be honest I'm not appreciating the book so intensely as the previous ones. Anyway it deserves the effort of a reading.

I agree with you, Steve

Foi um imenso prazer quando o descobri, mas os últimos livros não os acho muito interessantes, Armando

Quando a obra é vasta não é possível manter o élan inicial. Essa tua crítica muita gente tem feito também a outro monstro da literatura, o António Lobo Antunes! As repetições temáticas e as fórmulas de expressão perdem originalidade, certamente, e a curiosidade do leitor diminui; mas o autor mantem-se no pedestal, com a dignidade de quem fica na história, pelo menos durante alguns séculos.

A lire votre commentaire et celui de Steve Bucknell
vous êtes sur la même longueur d'onde sauf que pour steve
le déclin se fait remarquer par-rapport aux autres livres.
Mais c'est toujours bon de lire et de le finir pour avoir des impressions.
Bonne journée.

Un bon sommaire, Malik! C'est ça!

Thanks for fave, goandgo!

Thanks for fave, Erika Akire!

Thanks for fave, Fred Fouarge!

Excellent ;-)

Many thanks, June!

A companion for many weeks?

Maybe months, interspersed with other readings!

Thanks for fave, Ulrich John!