Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Snooty French man learns life lessons
So... I just finished Artificial Snow by Florian Zeller. I read it twice - it's not very long - 115 pages - but you almost have to read it twice to get more of a feel for it. It is about a man who loved a woman and cannot let her go. They broke up ages ago and she has moved on but he can't. His fantasies alternate between getting back together with her in elaborate ways and killing her. He starts carrying a knife in case he runs into her. One of the interesting things about this book is that he could be just a bitter, sad guy going through a part of his life where he doesn't really feel anything and so thinks he needs to do something drastic... or he could be a sociopath. The line is kinda fuzzy. The prologue, dismissed as "Boring Prologue" is actually the end of the story, a looking back, something learned, redemption. But even the title of it shows you how self-absorbed and self-conscious the narrator is. Anyway, hard to describe I guess. Worth it though for some little bits of wisdom found throughout. Overall, an interesting character study.
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