Madame Sousatzka

Madame Sousatzka would have said: It reads well, my darrlink . I loved this novel. Review to come.

I enjoyed the first half more than the second. The characters in the boardinghouse were well drawn. The mother a bit over the top. A rather sad story. I saw the film about 100 years ago - interesting the changes they made - the boy in the book is 11 and white, the boy in the film is 16 or 17 and Ind Leggi tutto

An old story that I've been meaning to read for a long time. This tells the story of the relationship between an unorthodox piano teacher (Sousatzka) and the child prodigy who is destined for greatness (Marcus). However their versions of greatness differ and it is this which pulls them apart in the

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A strange little book with very colourful characters that had me enthralled at first, but I lost interest half way through and only finished it to find out what would happen. Very well written and delightful character descriptions. Good to read something out of the ordinary

I love anything that Ms Rubins writes, at least I love the three books I’ve read of hers: this one, The Elected Member and the surprisingly memorable Mother Russia which is depressingly accurate without being totally maudlin (reminds me of Catch 22 in that way). The characters were as well written a Leggi tutto

Some amacing characters in this book. Although I didn't enjoy this book as much as some of her other books it was still a very entertaining read and as always beautifully written with such an understanding of human frailties.

I hated this book with a fiery passion. In Costa Rica--with 12 hours of daylight, 12 of dark--one reads what one can find. I disliked reading this book, what's more, two days after reading it, I couldn't stop thinking about how much I hated it. I threw it into the Pacific in Manuel Antonio. It had b Leggi tutto

I just finished re-reading this book. It was still haunting and other-worldly.

Completely different from the other Bernice Rubens I read, and seemed much more cohesive and meaningful.