VA Book Club: ?The Only Story?
?Would you rather love the more, and suffer the more; or love the less, and suffer the less" That is, I think, finally, the only real question.?
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“Would you rather love the more, and suffer the more; or love the less, and suffer the less" That is, I think, finally, the only real question.”
‘The Only Story’ tells the profound, yet moving love story of 19-year-old Paul, and 48-year-old Susan, a married, mother of two and the complex and intense suffering that follows.
As Paul reminisces on his first love, we are taken through different perspectives as the fragile story begins to unfold.
Author, Julian Barnes’ writes in such a way that although tragic and helplessly sad, is also extremely touching and nostalgic.
“Perhaps love could never be captured in a definition; it could only ever be captured in a story.”
At VA, we all thought the characters were not given enough development in order to really unpick them as individuals.
Paul and Susan’s relationship was not given much expansion, leaving the jump from a sordid affair into a frontal relationship, a difficult one to digest. We wanted to know more and even though the story is told through Paul’s eyes it didn’t feel enough.
“Most of us have only one story to tell. I don’t mean that only one thing happens to us in our lives: there are countless events, ...
The post VA Book Club: “The Only Story” appeared first on Vicki Archer.
“Would you rather love the more, and suffer the more; or love the less, and suffer the less" That is, I think, finally, the only real question.”
‘The Only Story’ tells the profound, yet moving love story of 19-year-old Paul, and 48-year-old Susan, a married, mother of two and the complex and intense suffering that follows.
As Paul reminisces on his first love, we are taken through different perspectives as the fragile story begins to unfold.
Author, Julian Barnes’ writes in such a way that although tragic and helplessly sad, is also extremely touching and nostalgic.
“Perhaps love could never be captured in a definition; it could only ever be captured in a story.”
At VA, we all thought the characters were not given enough development in order to really unpick them as individuals.
Paul and Susan’s relationship was not given much expansion, leaving the jump from a sordid affair into a frontal relationship, a difficult one to digest. We wanted to know more and even though the story is told through Paul’s eyes it didn’t feel enough.
“Most of us have only one story to tell. I don’t mean that only one thing happens to us in our lives: there are countless events, ...
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