- Paperback: 111 pages
- Publisher: Dedalus Ltd; 2nd edition (10 Sep 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1903517737
- ISBN-13: 978-1903517734
- Product Dimensions: 19.9 x 13 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 463,554 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Interesting.,
This review is from: Prague Noir: The Weeping Woman on the Streets of Prague (City Noir) (Paperback)
I have to say that I picked this up almost at random, just looking for something to break my usual flow, so I preceded with it despite it not having a precis, or any enlightening comments on the back as to what it was like or about.
It is essentially a very long (111 pages) ode to Prague, in a very lyrical form that can be hard to follow at times (maybe something to do with the French to English translation). I thought it extremely beautiful at times, with some wonderful poetic sentiments relating to loss and grief. The 'story' seems to follow sightings of a mysterious woman who appears on the streets of Prague, usually at times of sadness and she somehow captures this sadness within her. A problem I had with it, possibly from the lack of prior knowledge, is that I didn't know what type of book it was or was trying to be. In the back it lists itself as Noir/Travel Writing, not a combination one sees often, or that even applies to this book. It certainly isn't Noir in the conventional sense, it's magical and regularly quite light, so not Noir at all. I can just about see how it could be see as travel writing, as it is trying to capture the essence of the city. But really it is a long poem in prose form, written from the sounds of it while on a stay in the city, and the author was enamored with the city enough to try to capture it's essence. It appears from a little research that Sylvie Germain is an author of note in France, but also that this book is a departure from her other work, and even lists this work as non-fiction, this may be the case but it felt pretty fictitious to me.
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