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Summary: great read
Review: This book had me rolling with laughter. I think its true hilarity comes from the author's incredible power of observation. He not only captures what it means to be an artist, but what it means to be human. There are scenes in this book that are priceless; and Simon Silber will appeal to any reader, whether or not they have a knowledge of classical music. (I actually know nothing about classical music.) I highly recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a book that's managed to be both hilarious and moving. It's incredible!
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Summary: A very funny book
Review: This book is just hilarious. I had a lot of fun reading it and laughing at the pretentious characters. The writing style is just so funny, I chuckled a lot while reading it.
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Summary: A very funny book
Review: This is really a beautiful book. Take the reviews written about Richard Powers (particular Galatea) and apply them to Mr. Miller. The prose is meticulously crafted, but not just that--the subtle (though not too subtle that his non-literary readers didn't pick up on them)changes in voice, as the narrarator's mood oscillates from adulation to envy to spite to disgust to amusement and all back again.Just really fine, fine writing.
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Summary: Finally, a book about Aphorists
Review: This is really a beautiful book. Take the reviews written about Richard Powers (particular Galatea) and apply them to Mr. Miller. The prose is meticulously crafted, but not just that--the subtle (though not too subtle that his non-literary readers didn't pick up on them)changes in voice, as the narrarator's mood oscillates from adulation to envy to spite to disgust to amusement and all back again. Just really fine, fine writing.
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Summary: Now I Want the CDs
Review: Yes, it's slightly derived from Pale Fire: the bizarre relationship between Silber and his biographer, the use of annotations (or more accurately, track listings) to progress the narrative, Silber's foreshadowed *doom* from early on in the book, but Christopher Miller adds so much to what Nabokov began and made me laugh so many times, that this is as worthy addition to the field of faux fiction as anything. Where Nabokov's humor is implied, Miller brings everything to the surface, and though I might understand the book a tiny bit more if I was an accomplished pianist, I don't think I'd miss any of the jokes (a general knowledge of classical music, which I do have, is certainly helpful). Now I want to hear Silber's music. I better start searching thrift stores.
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