The book continues. The “action” is still focused on Anna in France. The plot moves along slowly, but not in an obnoxious way. The book gets me to slow down and think about random things like a reaction to a bee landing on a guitar, like the idea that visiting a lover’s house might deliver a message of commitment, and like how a person can avoid her life by becoming enmeshed in someone else’s. The images are also very memorable. One that stayed with me is Anna and Rafael swimming in a pond that requires them to lay on their backs in order to be completely immersed.
I like the book. As I mentioned, it’s very lyrical. I just have no revving need to get to the end. I read a few pages a night and can put it down. I don’t know where the story is going to go, so I’ll just let the author take me there at his own pace.
I don’t think I would want to read a book like this all of the time, but it is working for me lately where I’m very tired at night.
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