Saturday, 2 February 2013

Reading LiToC day 10

I think I read a small snatch yesterday, seduced away from it by a book parallel translation spanish short stories, to the pictures to see Lincoln, made marmalade, studied Spanish, programmed, wrote, did STUFF all day. I'm at p146 of the Penguin edition, where Florentino's obsessional love turns to jealousy rather than just unrequited passion. So nearly half way through, and yes I want to know , at a very basic level, what happens next, I am enjoying the density of the writing now, but more than anything I like the consistent compression (e.g Fermina's chamber pot desires  mentioned earlier) and juxtaposition of images, love/cholera, sewage/ exotic surroundings. 

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