Memoirs Found in a Bathtub
Ratings13
Average rating2.8
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Ratings13
Average rating2.8
In English the title is "Memoirs found in a bathtub" Expertly piercing the bloated belly of the cold war mentality, the author leaves us to reflect on the things we should value in an age of artifice and invention of myths and monsters. This novel, although biting at the ankles of the cold war superpowers, never dates, as the tale it unfolds holds much truth and importance for the 21st century reader.
Read this, then turn on the news, and see how it looks afterwards. Different world now, huh ? Now watcha gonna do ?
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I think this would have been an awesome short story, but as a novel, I got a little overwhelmed by the protagonist's situation. I'm also pretty sure that a lot of the Wonderland madness going on in the Building as a clear parallel for the author's time and place that does not immediately translate to mine. I felt as frustrated as the protagonist trying to make sense of senseless bureaucracy, and I think it was an amazing concept. I just don't generally like to read to feel that frustrated. I felt like I was stuck in a Kubrick/Lynch crossover film with no end in sight.
I'm also not sure why the author bothered with the introduction. The introduction about the post-paperpocalypse world really grabbed me, and I was disappointed to not see it picked up at the end.
