10.17.2004
An Almost Perfect Moment
by Binnie Kirshenbaum, 321 pgs, hardcover
Amazon site
Overall Grade: B-
This was a pretty interesting book about a Jewish girl, her mother, and the world she lives in, which is Brooklyn a few decades ago. The plot is something about how she becomes mysteriously pregnant and how she affects other people's life. She also looks like the Virgin Mary, which is used to some effect, but is not a complete model. Anyway, what was really good about this story was the way the author captured how people act and think. There's lots of second-thoughts & changed minds, but they never have happy literary out-comes. Instead, the bends & twists of relationships are captured pretty realistically. There's a little bit of language and some sexual stuff, but its really not dwelled on how alot of modern fiction does. Decent read.
Amazon site
Overall Grade: B-
This was a pretty interesting book about a Jewish girl, her mother, and the world she lives in, which is Brooklyn a few decades ago. The plot is something about how she becomes mysteriously pregnant and how she affects other people's life. She also looks like the Virgin Mary, which is used to some effect, but is not a complete model. Anyway, what was really good about this story was the way the author captured how people act and think. There's lots of second-thoughts & changed minds, but they never have happy literary out-comes. Instead, the bends & twists of relationships are captured pretty realistically. There's a little bit of language and some sexual stuff, but its really not dwelled on how alot of modern fiction does. Decent read.
Labels: genre: fiction, media: book
