Monday, 04 May 2009
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“…demented by the glory and solitude of God.”
I’ve once again found myself astounded by a Louis de Bernières novel. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin might have been even better than Birds Without Wings. De Bernières has this wonderfully aggravating knack of pulling me into another world, then twisting, tearing, pushing my emotions in every direction, and finally dumping back into the banality of my own existence, but much better off for the experience. Both novels present an unblinking gaze into some of the horrors of war, and into the despairingly evil nature in men, and into the absurdities that form history, but also into the sublime intricacies of human relationships; and all of this peppered throughout with delicious little bits of humour and incisive religious and political commentary. In short, it is very much worthwhile and I happily recommend any book which can leave me so satisfied and so distraught all at the same time.
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