La casa verde/ The Green House
by Mario Vargas Llosa
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Author: Mario Vargas LlosaEdition: Paperback
Audio: Spanish (Original Language); Spanish (Unknown); Spanish (Published)
Published: 2008-06-10
ISBN: 8466320911
Number of pages: 544
Publisher: Punto De Lectura
Book Reviews of La casa verde/ The Green House
Book Review: Hard work, but worth the effort
Summary: 4 Stars
I gave up reading this novel the first time, because I became confused and irritated with the non-sequential (and at times, non-sensical) development of the story and the continual shift of perspective from one character, scene or setting to another. At times, when not even a new paragraph is given to indicate a change of character, it felt as though Vargas Llosa was just trying to experiment, seeing how far he could push the reader's patience and powers of concentration. I failed the first time and gave up.
I re-read this book again a year of so later, and this time found it much more rewarding and more fluid. It is not a book you can pick up and read in a spare moment, you need to set aside a few hours or days to really get to grips with the story and understand the tempo and the flow. At first the plot seems like a puzzle and you try to fit all the pieces together, but this novel is more like a river that meanders, has a different currents and speeds and you really have to let yourself go and get swept along. You just have to trust the author will get you there in the end, which he does. I am really pleased I re-read this novel, because I would have really missed out had I not.
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