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A review by brice_mo
Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses by Isabel Allende
3.0
*blushes*
I really enjoyed Allende's exploration of the relationship between sensorial experience and intimacy, but I think Aphrodite's focus on eroticism actually hinders the book and reveals its shortcomings—there's an odd cultural fetishism at play here, and maybe that's a reflection of how old the text is, but much of this is "In this country, they eat THIS! Isn't that crazy and a lil gross?"
Even so, a few of these chapters made me want to go cook, and I can appreciate that.
I really enjoyed Allende's exploration of the relationship between sensorial experience and intimacy, but I think Aphrodite's focus on eroticism actually hinders the book and reveals its shortcomings—there's an odd cultural fetishism at play here, and maybe that's a reflection of how old the text is, but much of this is "In this country, they eat THIS! Isn't that crazy and a lil gross?"
Even so, a few of these chapters made me want to go cook, and I can appreciate that.