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I understand why this author is loved by the literary elites. But, had I not known that she held multiple literary awards, I am not sure I would have recognized the quality of this collection of short stories, sketches and vignettes. None of them truly engaged me, although several I did appreciate more than most.
Although Flights is described as a novel, it is not a traditional one. It has also been called essayistic, as it consists of a number of short stories interspersed with brief ruminations on travel and anatomy. These themes are also used to connect the stories, which travel through the centuries on a voyage of discovery centred on the human body.
This is a challenging and abstruse work as the connections between the writings are often unclear and the reader must work hard and think carefully ab ...more
This is a challenging and abstruse work as the connections between the writings are often unclear and the reader must work hard and think carefully ab ...more
3 stars for the stories, 1 star for the exceedingly banal essays on travel psychology, Wikipedia as mystical source of knowledge, etc. I don't want to read a high schooler's journal.
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I slogged through this one. I think that it was just to experimental for me. I also don't like stories that fail to come together at some point.
I'd skip it. ...more
I'd skip it. ...more
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