tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post3463743000109211455..comments2024-03-18T16:41:34.785+00:00Comments on Vapour Trails: Death of the HeartSéamus Dugganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-39520414265656633662016-05-09T10:25:43.691+01:002016-05-09T10:25:43.691+01:00Thanks Jacqui. I think I'll leave it a little ...Thanks Jacqui. I think I'll leave it a little longer before re-reading but I may do so before the year's end. It's certainly a classic...Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-21526006686360108532016-05-09T08:23:38.075+01:002016-05-09T08:23:38.075+01:00Tremendous review, Seamus, really excellent stuff....Tremendous review, Seamus, really excellent stuff. I particularly like your closing comments: "This is a powerful and sophisticated novel, arranged like a symphony. Repeated themes and images build upon each other until each element seems to resonate with the others. It is a novel about feeling, and about the destruction of feelings. It is a novel about how society organises itself for its own protection. It is a novel about how we see each other and how we see ourselves, and of the power of observation and the word." A brilliant summary.<br /><br />It's a book I would like to revisit as well - it's so rich and cleverly constructed. In fact I'm toying with the idea of choosing it for my book group, maybe in another year or two just to put a bit of space between the readings. JacquiWinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16220597283351925721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-25990085896099846982014-04-15T05:26:48.723+01:002014-04-15T05:26:48.723+01:00I've had this on the shelf for years too. Than...I've had this on the shelf for years too. Thanks for the encouragement to read something I've skipped over.Guy Savagehttp://www.swiftlytiltingplanet.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com