❰Reading❯ ➸ A Fool's Alphabet Author Sebastian Faulks – Fiction-books.co The events of Pietro Russell’s life are told in 26 chapters From A Z each chapter is set in a different place and reveals a fragment of his story As his memories flicker back and forth through time The events of Pietro Russell’s life are told in 26 chapters From A Z each chapter is set in a.
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Epub A Fool's Alphabet eBook » A Fool's PDF/EPUB or ☆ fiction books.co fool's kindle, alphabet free, A Fool's pdf, A Fool's Alphabet KindleLife story of an Anglo Italian post war baby who never uite belongs anywhere and is oddly unsympathetic for a main character Each chapter refers to a different location each starting with the next letter of the alphabet Contrived but cleverly unfolding tale disjointed though not confusing
Epub A Fool's Alphabet eBook » A Fool's PDF/EPUB or ☆ fiction books.co fool's kindle, alphabet free, A Fool's pdf, A Fool's Alphabet KindleNot as good as I thought it’d be It was rather stilted in its writing and the characters didn’t really flesh out enough th
Epub A Fool's Alphabet eBook » A Fool's PDF/EPUB or ☆ fiction books.co fool's kindle, alphabet free, A Fool's pdf, A Fool's Alphabet KindleGiven up on this Don't often do that and usually enjoy his stuff Dull characters with no real sense of being invited to care about them
Epub A Fool's Alphabet eBook » A Fool's PDF/EPUB or ☆ fiction books.co fool's kindle, alphabet free, A Fool's pdf, A Fool's Alphabet KindleArranging a story via place names in alphabetical order is a bit of a gimmick and although Pietro's story does emerge the shifting time periods presumably necessitated by the imposed reuirement to follow an alphabetical order of place names do cause some confusion I found myself referring back to previous chapters to see what had come before and what after the one I was readingTowards the end of the book there is a reflection on the alphabet which casts some light on the genesis of Faulk's tale I uote The alphabet was the means by which a place became articulate
Epub A Fool's Alphabet eBook » A Fool's PDF/EPUB or ☆ fiction books.co fool's kindle, alphabet free, A Fool's pdf, A Fool's Alphabet KindleI'm a big fan of Sebastian Faulks and would count Birdsong as one of my favourite books but this book failed to hold my attention Comprising 26 alphabetically headed chapters each one the name of a place significant to Pietro Russell the protagonist the novel time shifts throughout Pietro's life I found this confusing at times and struggled to remember what age he now was This might be because I was listening to the book and was thus unable to go back and check details but it meant that I never felt the steady flow of the work Pietro also comes across as an unfinished character neither good nor bad strong nor weak and I didn't engage with him at all There was a fair bit of informative description Paris Metro names
Epub A Fool's Alphabet eBook » A Fool's PDF/EPUB or ☆ fiction books.co fool's kindle, alphabet free, A Fool's pdf, A Fool's Alphabet KindleI loved Birdsong and Charlotte Grey so I was really disappointed by this book It started well but uickly became dull The concept was good but the tortured central character was selfish unsympathetic and boring It really dropped off before the end inste
Epub A Fool's Alphabet eBook » A Fool's PDF/EPUB or ☆ fiction books.co fool's kindle, alphabet free, A Fool's pdf, A Fool's Alphabet KindleGreat book to finish the year with Beautifully crafted with 26 chapters it traces through the alphabet in place names which concern the main character Pietro Russell half Italian It's a lovely story and although it leaps through time periods it really works and you don't lose sight of Pietro even though it travels through generations I really liked it
Epub A Fool's Alphabet eBook » A Fool's PDF/EPUB or ☆ fiction books.co fool's kindle, alphabet free, A Fool's pdf, A Fool's Alphabet KindleI've only recently discovered this author this is the third book of his that I've read Each one is different all good beautifully written nothing banal
Epub A Fool's Alphabet eBook » A Fool's PDF/EPUB or ☆ fiction books.co fool's kindle, alphabet free, A Fool's pdf, A Fool's Alphabet KindleThere is nothing wrong with this book but it just doesn't soar to some of the places you expect a Sebastian Faulks novel to soar toThe mechanism for delivering the book is interesting 26 places introduced alphabetically where a different piece of mosaic making up the life of Pietro Russell is introduced But don't be thrown by the device it doesn't add but nor does it detract from the book as a wholeFor a book which time shifts so easily and which shifts narrative viewpoints fairly regularly the plot is reasonably easy to follow There is no great sophistry to it despite the apparent sophistication of the mechanismMaybe what disappoints most is the main protagonist himself usually in a Faulks novel you find yo
Epub A Fool's Alphabet eBook » A Fool's PDF/EPUB or ☆ fiction books.co fool's kindle, alphabet free, A Fool's pdf, A Fool's Alphabet KindleAwfulThis novel reads like a commentary to a scrap book of sorts with long descriptions of random 'pictures' presented to us alphabetically as fragments of his life's memoriesThis budle of excerpts is uninteresting and badly researched It often felt like amateur writing Anyone who knows anything about post war Italy would know that in Sorrento in 1958 the last thing you'd expect to find in a local resturant is typical northern dishes such as risotto chicken and chips and tiramisùSadly the book does not even work as a biography since Pietro's character is not developed You never get the feeling that you are getting