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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
I really enjoyed Victor Catala's "Solitude" even though it is a fairly bleak story. The characters were drawn really well and I found the shepherd's stories about as interesting as the main character did.
In this novel, newly married Mila is dragged up to manage a hermitage by her drifter husband. She is naive and terrified, but moved by the stories told by a wandering shepherd. Things go badly as the veil is removed from Mila's eyes in an increasingly tragic series of ways.
Even though this is a rather quiet story, it really held my interest.
In this novel, newly married Mila is dragged up to manage a hermitage by her drifter husband. She is naive and terrified, but moved by the stories told by a wandering shepherd. Things go badly as the veil is removed from Mila's eyes in an increasingly tragic series of ways.
Even though this is a rather quiet story, it really held my interest.
I have read this book in its original language, Catalan, and I can with certainty assertain that it was the hardest book I have ever read in that language. Full of detailed descriptions, the author uses a range of words practically effaced from the existing Catalan language. This includes the use of the "past simple" form which is no longer used in the language. The story-line develops slow and it was not particularly interesting. Being a classic, it may be worth reading, but it is not an enjoyable reading for the average Joe
Un dels meus llibres preferits. Al cap i a la fi parla d'una dona que madura, que pren consciència de ella mateixa i que s'adona que per ser lliure i ser ella mateixa cal estar sola. I tot això ho explica amb una intensitat, una força i una cruesa que m'impressionen.