15 - What I Loved, by Siri Hustvedt, 367 pages, Picador, 2003
WHY I PICKED IT: Selected by my friend Sean Donovan for our second Vancouver Book Club
ELAPSED TIME: 9 days
RATING: Very Good
Art Historian Leo Hertzberg buys a painting in New York in 1975. What follows is more than 25 years of his life: a friendship with the artist (Bill), marriages, births and deaths. It's a slower read than I generally enjoy, but once I got sucked in, I was completely inside their world. The story is beautifully written, with characters that have depth, are real, and imperfect. Leo, Erica, Matt, Bill, Violet, Mark will likely stay with me...
This blog is a simple review of every book that I read... For all books I’ll tell you why I picked it, how long it took me to read it, and give it a rating (burn it, not good, meh, good, very good, and required reading). I ask (encourage?) all readers of my blog to post their thoughts of any of the books in my comments :). Thanks!
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