Evening (Mti)

Confusing.

Very well written, even with all the flashbacks. The movie was good too.

Wonderful!Must Read!Must watch the movie,too!

I loved the book: a beatifully written book about a brief, ecstatic moment in a woman's past that eclipses all else she will experience or accomplish. Bittersweet and poignant.

...read the book prior to the movie's opening! sat through it...totally different! ! Was searching for some thoughts on 'having the end in mind, first...' ...I'll stick to the "last lecture!"

The shifting sense of time and the multiple secondary characters make this book a frustrating read. The effect of the blending of past with present enables the reader to be right there with the protagonist (Ann Grant/Ann Katz/Ann Lord) in her misery and feeling of displacement, but as an outsider, you feel a bit betrayed by the author for not supplying a coherent narrative. Nevertheless,...more

The shifting sense of time and the multiple secondary characters make this book a frustrating read. The effect of the blending of past with present enables the reader to be right there with the protagonist (Ann Grant/Ann Katz/Ann Lord) in her misery and feeling of displacement, but as an outsider, you feel a bit betrayed by the author for not supplying a coherent narrative. Nevertheless, it's an interesting approach to storytelling, and could be useful to those studying alternative modes of representation.   hide