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Milan R.
11 de noviembre de 2008
The Salt Point
This book was siting on my to-be-read pile for such a long time. Eventually I picked up it not fully aware what to expect.It's easy read spiced with psychological insights into the main characters and I did loved that. I loved how they at some instances didn't have any barrier to be open regardless of the consequences; I loved their honesty (indeed mainly as a internal monologues) about their flaws and evilness; especially that second one, it was almost carnal and indeed there were some literally carnal moments. However not that much which I'm so glad. When I say I'm glad that's not because it also included homoerotic scenes but because I always find scenes of sex in literature dull and ridiculous. Something similar is with paints of the sunrise, it's just impossible avoid those kitsch elements (regardless of who is the painter). The same is with sex scene but maybe that's only me *shrug*Anyhow here the scene of sex are quite bearable; pictures of lust are more graphic (this is a compliment).The story is settled in small-town American and it's about relations between four people: friendship (gosh how friendship can be fragile!), betrayal, lust, love, dark secrets from the past, loss ... life. There is no clear plot line, on the contrary: this novel is study of its characters. Each of them is has been the center of "its" part of the story and indeed characterizations are absolutely superb.Ver másVer menos
Marian
9 de septiembre de 2019
One of the best books by Paul Russell
This is one of these books that you keep thinking about throughout time. The characters portrayed, their relationships, their wants and their failures are exposed in an uncompromising and gritty way. And yet you can't keep from desperately loving them. Many years after, the author wrote a worthy sequel, Immaculate Blue.If you want a read that matters, pick a Paul Russell book.Ver másVer menos
Irishlad
27 de abril de 2001
" The bitter after taste of salt..."
Having been swept away with Paul Russell's, " The Coming Storm," I was eager to read his earlier writings. I found myself reading a book that could in many ways be the screenplay for my own life! The man is a genius in being able to transport a reader back to those painfully akward moments of early adulthood when they are battling the inner demons of friendship, loyalty, burgeoning sexuality and the sheer confusion that manifested itself in the 80's -- the era of flamboyant decadence!Anatole, Chris and Lydia could be the every person's version of the three musketeers. Together through thick and thin, good times and bad, in moments of abandoned logic where suddenly two people come together in a frenzied moment of lust that often abandoned or injured the missing third party.I was especially fond of the dance of confusion danced by Chris who knew in his heart of hearts who he truly desired but was afraid to listen to that small voice. He is attracted to Anatole but dances ina frenzy with Lydia and then finds himself on the outside looking in as both Anatole and Lydia discover a blond siren named Leigh.Plot twists and turns, and well versed three dimensional character development allow for this relatively short story to build to a thundering crescendo like climax.This is one of my favourite writing styles where you enter the hearts and minds of more than one central character. I laughed and cried with each of them, and even tasted those same salty tears as I remembered back to a time when I too felt like an insider and an outsider all at the same time!This is definitely a book to pick up for those in a nostalgic mood, as well as those curious to know whether Russell's writing could be compared against " The Coming Storm. "Ver másVer menos
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klavierspiel
9 de agosto de 2005
Slender, languid tale of souls adrift
In Poughkeepsie, New York, three people, Anatole, a gay hairdresser rejected by his family; Lydia, a college dropout who has moved back in with her mother; and Chris, a bisexual alternative music store owner loved by both of the other two, maintain an uneasy friendship. This fragile equilibrium is disrupted by the entry of Leigh, a teenager who is as reticent in his affections and emotions as Chris, but even more desirable. Author Paul Russell, whose "Coming Storm" I really liked, has a gift for relating the past with the present, and for evoking both the numbness and pain of souls adrift. Here, though, in contrast to "Storm," there is no progression or payoff--though there are crises, the characters come to no particular new insight or revelations by the end. In addition, Leigh's thoughts and words seem far too mature and artful for a supposed teenager--no such person could ever have existed except in Russell's imagination. Overall, then, there are pleasures to be had in "The Salt Point" from the author's sheer skill at writing, but an emptiness at the core that leaves the reader ultimately unsatisfied.Ver másVer menos
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v john aragon
11 de diciembre de 2017
Five Stars
Great book!
J.
11 de julio de 2001
Smart Read
This book deals with those of us who are gay and are trying to find that perfect partner. I guess it spoke strongly to me because while I am in my early 30s, I was dating someone in his early 20s. While a difference in 10 years may not be much, in this age bracket it does prove to be. The longing to be with someone, falling for the wrong person, and missing the better choice out of blind passion. Wonderful story!Ver másVer menos
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