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Title: The Folding Star by Alan Hollinghurst ISBN: 0-679-43605-7 Publisher: Random House Inc Pub. Date: 01 October, 1994 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.31 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Beautiful prose and an awesome invention of lives
Comment: From Edward to Luc to Orst, the characters lept from the pages of this book and continue to saunter in my memories long after I finished it. I'm afraid to say that I found myself in all of them at one point in my life (perhaps in many of our lives); the seducer and the innocent. (One thing's for certain, I wish Patrick were real...I'd have loved to have met him...perhaps I would have been obsessed as well.) Definitely one of the better renditions of obsessive love that I have ever read. What an amazing accomplishment this novel is...simply beautiful.
Rating: 5
Summary: An Exercise in Emotional Provocation
Comment: The Folding Star was, in my opinion, one of the best books I have ever read. The writing is smooth and flawless, and the everything was beautifully and carefully constructed. Despite the fact that this book is about a controversial topic, homosexuality, I believe that it should be judged by its quality, which is outstanding. What made me enjoy this book the most was the rich variety of emotions that it provoked. Happiness, anxiety, fear, love, hate; they're all in this book, and they are brought about perfectly. The ending, in particular, provokes haunting, mixed emotions that will not be forgotten simply because the book has ended.
Rating: 5
Summary: probably one of the best books I've read...
Comment: I, like most it seems was troubled by the end but the ending left you with questions which is what a good book does. It was exquisitely written(especially since the author had an immense vocabulary) and I was able to visualize every section of it. I had mixed feelings about Edward though, in a way I pitied him but I also was sickened by his obssesion with the yound Luc. This wonderful novel never failed to keep my attention and I would gladly read it again and again.
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Title: The Swimming-Pool Library (Vintage International) by Alan Hollinghurst ISBN: 0679722564 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 September, 1989 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Spell by Alan Hollinghurst ISBN: 0670883565 Publisher: Penguin USA Pub. Date: 01 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst ISBN: 1582345082 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Pub. Date: 06 November, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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