Just finished it. Took a while to get comfortable with so many people having the same names. Lots of laughs amidst all the tragedy. Along the way, had doubts about the greatness of the book, but in the end had to agree with the general consensus.
"Of Love & Other Demons" is among my favorite books ever written; even the English translation is alive to the point that one of the reviews on the back says that it is "the closest to sensual pleasure reading can possibly be" (or something to that effect). But an Anglo reader, all of whom are trained to hate his or her own race for paradoxical secular-religious reasons of wannabe virtue would do well to not ignore the obvious racism in his work, which is most obvious in the way he describes Englishmen as opposed to native Caribbean islanders. He's not just describing the difference. There is real prejudice in his heart that's so compelling, even his genius can't (or doesn't care to) hide it. I'm thinking of a short story but can't remember the title. Perhaps he is reacting to one of many false Darwinian notions that some races are superior to others, and is reflecting the sanctimony a bunch of self-righteous Englishmen have bestowed upon him. Whatever the case, a flaw is a flaw. Great writer though.
Just finished it. Took a while to get comfortable with so many people having the same names. Lots of laughs amidst all the tragedy. Along the way, had doubts about the greatness of the book, but in the end had to agree with the general consensus.
It's a wild story.
Read it when I was sixteen. Think I need another look.
"Of Love & Other Demons" is among my favorite books ever written; even the English translation is alive to the point that one of the reviews on the back says that it is "the closest to sensual pleasure reading can possibly be" (or something to that effect). But an Anglo reader, all of whom are trained to hate his or her own race for paradoxical secular-religious reasons of wannabe virtue would do well to not ignore the obvious racism in his work, which is most obvious in the way he describes Englishmen as opposed to native Caribbean islanders. He's not just describing the difference. There is real prejudice in his heart that's so compelling, even his genius can't (or doesn't care to) hide it. I'm thinking of a short story but can't remember the title. Perhaps he is reacting to one of many false Darwinian notions that some races are superior to others, and is reflecting the sanctimony a bunch of self-righteous Englishmen have bestowed upon him. Whatever the case, a flaw is a flaw.
Great writer though.
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I have read it both in Spanish and English, and what you described does not really appeared in it!!