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Milostné pletky Nathaniela P.
by Adelle Waldman
I gave this three stars, but it's more like 4 +- 1. As a couple character studies thrown tied together it was occasionally brilliant and terrifyingly perceptive, as a novel about human beings, it didn't really work.
The plot can basically be summarized as young writer in Brooklyn has a bad relationship because even though he tries not to be, he is kind of a dick. But beyond that, it is really good about inner monologues and thought processes and the general experience of being a sensitive intellectual liberal new york male type person. Sometimes Mr. P. is super perceptive and thoughtful and sometimes he is just totally self absorbed and oblivious. I guess that is true of a lot of people, but he was really oblivious at really really annoying times.
Also, the ending (no spoilers) drove me nuts.
The sentence about who calls people philistines any more struck a little too close to home.
The plot can basically be summarized as young writer in Brooklyn has a bad relationship because even though he tries not to be, he is kind of a dick. But beyond that, it is really good about inner monologues and thought processes and the general experience of being a sensitive intellectual liberal new york male type person. Sometimes Mr. P. is super perceptive and thoughtful and sometimes he is just totally self absorbed and oblivious. I guess that is true of a lot of people, but he was really oblivious at really really annoying times.
Also, the ending (no spoilers) drove me nuts.
The sentence about who calls people philistines any more struck a little too close to home.