Monday, August 27, 2007
book report: The Accidental
The Accidental
by Ali Smith
This book was odd. It was creatively structured with a brief intro, sections called "the beginning", "the middle", and "the end" with some other odd bits stuck in. One chapter is written entirely in verse. Another is a summary of the history of cinema in a few pages.
So what is the point? The Smart family (author mother Eve, professor stepfather Michael, teenage son Magnus, adolescent daughter Astrid) are in a boring small town on their summer vacation. A mysterious woman named Amber (maybe) shows up at their vacation house and both Eve and Michael assume she is the other's guest. Amber fascinates Astrid, and deflowers Magnus. Michael desires her and Eve is both enthralled and disgusted by her. When the Smarts return from their vacation, they find their home completely empty and assume it was Amber who robbed them.
It's an interesting book. I don't know if I liked it, exactly, but it was an interesting read.
by Ali Smith
This book was odd. It was creatively structured with a brief intro, sections called "the beginning", "the middle", and "the end" with some other odd bits stuck in. One chapter is written entirely in verse. Another is a summary of the history of cinema in a few pages.
So what is the point? The Smart family (author mother Eve, professor stepfather Michael, teenage son Magnus, adolescent daughter Astrid) are in a boring small town on their summer vacation. A mysterious woman named Amber (maybe) shows up at their vacation house and both Eve and Michael assume she is the other's guest. Amber fascinates Astrid, and deflowers Magnus. Michael desires her and Eve is both enthralled and disgusted by her. When the Smarts return from their vacation, they find their home completely empty and assume it was Amber who robbed them.
It's an interesting book. I don't know if I liked it, exactly, but it was an interesting read.
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