Some of the clumsiness derives from Barbara Harshav's inelegant translation - we're often aware of her struggle - but she can't be blamed for the pervasive bloat." - Michelle Huneven, The Los Angeles Times
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Sebald recast for the mass market: stripped of nuance, cooked at high temperature and pounded home, clause after clause. (.) That said, Night Train to Lisbon is a very long, ambitious book that's feverishly overwritten. "Its subtlest, most appealing accomplishment may be in how other characters respond to Gregorius' precipitous swerve onto the spiritual path.
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(…) When a character undertakes this level of soul-searching, the temptation to over philosophize can be difficult to resist, and at times, Mercier succumbs, as with his drawn-out life-as-a-long-train-ride metaphor" - Amy Rosenberg, Bookforum But more than that, it is concerned with the power of language to forge and dismantle people’s experiences, desires, and identities. "The novel, as mesmerizing and dreamlike as a Wong Kar-wai film, with characters as strange and alienated as any of the filmmaker’s, is in fact preoccupied with translation, with all that can be lost or gained in the process.Night Train to Lisbon was made into a film in 2013, directed by Bille August, and starring Jeremy Irons and Mélanie LaurentĪ- : appealing if drawn out exploration of self and others.General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the author
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