Beatrice and Virgil
Registered by klaradyn of Praha, Praha Czech Republic on 3/17/2011
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
7 journalers for this copy...
From amazon.co.uk:
Fate takes many forms ...When Henry receives a letter from an elderly taxidermist, it poses a puzzle that he cannot resist. As he is pulling into the world of this strange and calculating man, Henry becomes increasingly involved with the lives of a donkey and a howler monkey - named Beatrice and Virgil - and the epic journey they undertake together. With all the spirit and orginality that made Life of Pi so treasured, this brilliant new novel takes the reader on a haunting odyssey. On the way, Martel asks profound questions about life and art, truth and deception, responsibility and complicity.
Fate takes many forms ...When Henry receives a letter from an elderly taxidermist, it poses a puzzle that he cannot resist. As he is pulling into the world of this strange and calculating man, Henry becomes increasingly involved with the lives of a donkey and a howler monkey - named Beatrice and Virgil - and the epic journey they undertake together. With all the spirit and orginality that made Life of Pi so treasured, this brilliant new novel takes the reader on a haunting odyssey. On the way, Martel asks profound questions about life and art, truth and deception, responsibility and complicity.
Journal Entry 2 by klaradyn at A Touch of Madness, Nuttall Rd in Cape Town, Western Cape South Africa on Monday, August 8, 2011
Released 12 yrs ago (8/4/2011 UTC) at A Touch of Madness, Nuttall Rd in Cape Town, Western Cape South Africa
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Released at the OBCZ.
Picked up at A Touch of Madness in Observatory.
What beauty. What horror.1
I'll quote an example of the former:
Daylight has reached its last hour. The earth and the trunks of the trees are burnished red by the setting sun. Sweeping through the land comes a wind, a most gentle of cavalry charges. It's a fragrant wind, smelling of soil and root, of flower and haystack, of field and forest, of smoke and animals, but also carrying, by virtue of the distances it has covered, the very smell of vastness, a smell moist and cavernous. It's a beautiful wind, an exciting wind, a giving wind. Riding upon it is the collective news of all nature.
Masterly crafted, engaging to read and, ultimately, difficult to stomach. Which must mean that the author succeeded in what he set out to do: to paint allegorically an historical event the impact of which human consciousness will (and should?) never fully fathom.
1 These should have been exclamation marks, but I often don't like exclamation marks. It's like applauding at the end of an ethereal violin solo.
Released 12 yrs ago (10/20/2011 UTC) at Cape Town, Western Cape South Africa
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Given to Libris_56.
Received from Stoepbrak. Busy reading!
Journal Entry 7 by 
AnonymousFinder
at Cape Town, Western Cape South Africa on Sunday, November 13, 2011
AnonymousFinder at Cape Town, Western Cape South Africa on Sunday, November 13, 2011
Received from Libris 56. Will start reading soon. Tolbos
Journal Entry 8 by Madi4books at Cape Town, Western Cape South Africa on Saturday, December 24, 2011
I read this book a week ago and the book still haunts my thoughts. Enriching, thought provoking and beautifully written!
Released 12 yrs ago (1/21/2012 UTC) at Cape Town, Western Cape South Africa
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
This book is reserved for Theymann.
Released 12 yrs ago (1/23/2012 UTC) at Cape Town, Western Cape South Africa
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
Im sending this book to Tolbos, to release to Theymann
Typical Martel, he lures the reader into a world where the line between fact and fiction disappears. By the time the reader tries to create some distance between himself and the content implied, it's too late. I was reminded by this great writer that some journeys have to be travelled and completed, regardless if they are classified as fact or fiction. They may be the plain simple truth. I was reminded of things simultaneously in the past and in my face, that is, if I were to dare open my eyes and look at them. Thanks Yann.
This wonderful book is on its way to theymann via the safe hands of stoepbrak.
Journal Entry 13 by theymann at Cape Town - Muizenberg, Western Cape South Africa on Thursday, April 5, 2012
Book was delivered by Stoepbrak and will be part of my easter weekend reading.
The book is back with me. If you are interested, let me know.
Journal Entry 15 by Stoepbrak at A Touch of Madness, Nuttall Rd in Cape Town, Western Cape South Africa on Monday, May 6, 2013
Released 10 yrs ago (5/6/2013 UTC) at A Touch of Madness, Nuttall Rd in Cape Town, Western Cape South Africa
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Left at the OBCZ.
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