NP - Cloud Atlas

[Bekah]

I loved that book when I read it back in the 60s.  I went on to read 
a lot of Lessing,  much of which is very, very good but GN is 
probably the best.   I'm also curious how it will hold up to time. 
No it's not a marital drama.

Bekah



At 6:23 PM -0400 7/14/05, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
>If you read GN, avoid the Penguin Classics edition -- it doesn't 
>have page breaks between the Notebooks, which is really annoying. 
>Also, don't be put off by the beginning -- it's not a marital drama.
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>I agree that the writing is nowhere near as good as GR, or other such
>masterpieces.  I've never even heard of The Golden Notebook.  Thanks for the
>recommendation.  There are so few novels that soar to such heights, and I'm
>always hungry to hear of others.
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>Ghetta