I went to buy the latest book by José Saramago - Cain, Feltrinelli Editore - and gave me one of those promotional booklets that serve as preview the new releases. This little book is to literature as the trailer is because I love the movies and the trailer I could not say no. I did not say no, despite this little book is titled: The fall of giants . Author: Ken Follet. Saramago against Ken Follet, the essay against robottoni, Gandalf against the monster.
At first glance, the pamphlet did not seem dangerous, but as the film teaches us that the monster (in this case for the accuracy of Gandalf is a Barlog, but omit details) always wants to fuck you, I remain alert and in fact I just go to the second cover to reconsider. The first thing you read is in capital letters in red: September 28, 2010 IN CONTEMPORARY WORLD . Boom! I think, but how long it takes to translate a Tomon fifteen hundred pages as it presumably is a new book by Ken Follet? Ken wrote the book six months ago? Or do a Google Translator to translate? I solved the issue with a "so is the market, baby" and ultimately with a "who cares."
the description of the novel that follows shortly after un'accidenti do not understand. There are five families and a list of places that never ends. Wales, London, Washington, Paris, St. Petersburg. Even the shadow of history.
This type of literature is a guide to holiday hot version. Leads you to famous places such as the papal chambers, the White House, Buckingham Palace and so on. In places where that is not come ever. Puts you face to face with the Pope, the President of the United States and the Queen of England at a price after all honest. Even for those twenty euro that disbursements will be rewarded by the feeling of having something impressive in his hands. Here everything is impressive, starting with the title: The Fall of the giants . The length is the same: what do you think, to get away with a single volume? This is a trilogy! "Destined to become a classic," according to what is stated in the pamphlet itself. They are literally taken from delusions of omnipotence. I would invade Canada.
I, as perhaps you already understood, I would like to Saramago. Pillars of the Earth, the most famous book Follet, I also tried to read it. I got on page one hundred and two and I left alone. If there is one thing that irritates me is the abuse of ellipsis and Pillars of the Earth it is literally invaded. Epidemic. The bubonic plague of the ellipsis. When the urge to take a pencil and circle has become unstoppable, I closed the Tomon and I put in my library, including The Sunbird by Wilbur Smith and Clive Cussler Treasury, not sure of a place ' honor given that I never read either one or the other.
Forget Ken Follet, and I'm on Saramago. Cain could be a bad book, the fruit of annoying tricks and trapped in a superstructure is also a bit 'banalotta: to go to Cain and canonical episodes in the Old Testament Apocrypha. But it is a great book. The identification with Cain and the storyline (called simple: to see how the story goes) keep you glued to the novel. The story of the Assassin's most famous story goes for the thriller, the erotic, fantasy, comedy. Moreover, the logic of Saramago applied to the Old Testament God - who is drawn here as a bad and a little 'stupid - is sharp and witty. All in that style Saramagesco made of long streams of narration and indirect speech that should not be in charge, that once you understand how to take you directly enter the brain. The entire narrative of José Saramago's work is in this stream and Cain it is the last, worthy chapter. I got the goose bumps reading the last sentence. The last sentence of the last book he wrote that Saramago, who died in June 2010 to 87 years. And not that I'm telling you.
Saramago against Follet. The essay against robottoni, Gandalf against the monster. Gandalf appears to die and where it survives and the monster dies and nothing else.
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