- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: FireCrest Fiction (15 Jun 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1906174075
- ISBN-13: 978-1906174071
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 995,444 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Has Harold Pinter collided with the Priory of Sion, in this strange tale? Or has Jean Baudrillard met his fate at the hands of Dennis Wheatley? Perhaps Paul Auster has been talking to the Third Policeman? A dazed man crosses England by night in an inscrutable luxury car. Hardly knowing who he is or where he's going, he feels he might have been awake for a thousand years. Then, at a grand and desolate mansion where he chances to call, he stumbles on a gathering of strangers, whose welcome is as effusive as it's baffling... At the heart of it all, and of their bizarre scheme, is the enigmatic Martin. But is he mad, blessed, or cursed? Or exactly what he says he is?
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I really enjoyed A Certain Experience of the Impossible, which I read in three sittings. It's a little bit surreal, but not so much so. I liked the characters, who all gave me the impression they had something else going on in them just below the surface, which they weren't letting on to.
For some reason I found myself thinking of The Doors song: People are Strange. Because all the characters involved had their oddities, and unsaid elements to their personalities. Hope and melancholy are mixed in more or less equal measures. And I found myself thinking about the book for a week or so after I'd finished it..
I also really enjoyed the descriptions of the various places which the characters find themselves in...
Yeah, would make a great film.
For some reason I found myself thinking of The Doors song: People are Strange. Because all the characters involved had their oddities, and unsaid elements to their personalities. Hope and melancholy are mixed in more or less equal measures. And I found myself thinking about the book for a week or so after I'd finished it..
I also really enjoyed the descriptions of the various places which the characters find themselves in...
Yeah, would make a great film.
A Certain Experience of the Impossible is by far my favorite novel of the last couple of years. It reminds me of a quirky Hesse, or a European Paul Auster. It's an epic tale about coincidence and possible insanity, where the characters involved live their lives according to the dreams they have - which they presumably hope will drag them away from their everyday existences... For me the story also has a strange thriller feel to it - there's always something a little bizarre going on in the peripheries, which you can't quite put your finger on.
I have looked for more by Jean Bonnin, but can't seem to find anything. Possibly, there's something obscure out there that I can't find - or maybe this is all there is. If anyone has heard of another book by the same author, please post some info' about it...
I have looked for more by Jean Bonnin, but can't seem to find anything. Possibly, there's something obscure out there that I can't find - or maybe this is all there is. If anyone has heard of another book by the same author, please post some info' about it...
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A journey through madness or the supernatural
1 Sep 2010
Jean Bonnin's debut novel is like a prism on to a surreal version of reality. Whilst I was never sure which refraction represented the 'truth', all of my interpretations were enjoyable. The book introduces a variety of characters and at first you're left to wonder as to their aims and past. The position and direction of the various characters and their relation to each other is expanded upon but in a way that allows for several distinct interpretations - all of which are possible within the framework of the book but it is left to the reader to collapse the waveform into their chosen reality.
The story centers around Martin, a genius, a drifter, possibly immortal and/or crazy. He orchestrates those around him to a climax of events, even whilst he seems to be out of control and in the thrall of his own demons. There is a cyclical nature to Martin's story and this is a book that similarily deserves to be read and re-read.
5 stars from me and I look forward to reading more from Jean Bonnin.
The story centers around Martin, a genius, a drifter, possibly immortal and/or crazy. He orchestrates those around him to a climax of events, even whilst he seems to be out of control and in the thrall of his own demons. There is a cyclical nature to Martin's story and this is a book that similarily deserves to be read and re-read.
5 stars from me and I look forward to reading more from Jean Bonnin.
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