Eline Vere

a novel of The Hague

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Louis Couperus: Eline Vere (2010, Archipelago Books, Distributed by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution)

Idioma English

Publicado el 19 de marzo de 2010 por Archipelago Books, Distributed by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution.

ISBN:
978-0-9819557-4-2
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Número OCLC:
445483716

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More like 3. 5 stars.

This took me forever to read. Mostly because I took on this novel just before a massive undertaking: selling our house in Washington, putting all of our stuff into temporary storage, and moving my little family including kids, cats and dogs across the world. We're moving to Spain! The kids are still pretty young and the housing market was pretty decent. The time was right to make a big life change, for no other reason than to live a slower, richer existence, and to improve my Instagram feed (kidding). I'm not quite there yet (still waiting on the visa - ugh) but activity has slowed down enough for me to read again and I started by finishing Couperus' shot at a Hague novel.

This one has a slow, easy going pace. The prose is beautiful and I was never oppressed by the story's rhythm but …