Eva's letters are divided into two parts. Eva is the mother of the infamous Kevin Khatchadourian, the architecht of the Gladstone High School massacre. The story is told in epistolary form, through the letters Eva Khatchadourian writes to her absent husband Franklin Plaskett. Reading it is almost like self-torture under hypnotism you don't want to do it, but once you are into it, there's no way to stop. It is not a fast read: even though Lionel Shriver writes beautiful prose, she writes about ugly things. The novel makes us think, long after we finish it. This is one hundred percent correct as far as We Need To Talk About Kevin is concerned. As a great writer of my native language said: "The real story is on the unwritten pages" that is, it is the gaps, the pauses and the undercurrents between the characters (which the reader is forced to complete or imagine) which is the mark of great literature. I am a little apprehensive as to how I should begin this review: there are so many things to talk about.įirst of all, I consider this to be truly a great work of literature, not simply "fiction".
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |