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<blockquote data-quote="Berandor" data-source="post: 1805728" data-attributes="member: 225"><p>I'm not going to answer textbook questions (of course, I can't reference the book at work and my home computer is broken) <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>However, I enjoyed the book for several reasons - and I still like the movie.</p><p></p><p>I really had fun with the Dumas angle of the story; Corso as D'Artagnan, the widow as Lady, (I don't have the book in front of me, so excuse any mistake on names, please), even the antiques book dealer as Porthos. I think that's one helluva cool society, even if a little elitist, to be in.</p><p></p><p>I think the narrative perspective is interesting: Balkan tells us what Corso has told him, which is one step away from making my head explode. Who tells the truth? Does anybody? Nobody? Better not to think about it.</p><p></p><p>I liked the ending better than the movie. I also liked that the correlation between Irene and the Devil is stronger, whereas someone on imdb made a very convincing argument that at least the movie Corso was the devil, himself.</p><p></p><p>Corso himself was an interesting figure. Very reactive, but not so much that you start to dislike him. I enjoyed the deliberate manipulation he used - according to Balkan. Corso is very much an anti-hero, but sympathetic nonetheless. He's also very much a man of the devil, with his manipulation, smoking, drinking, ruthlessness, and whatnot. I like him, still <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>More later, when work slows down again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Berandor, post: 1805728, member: 225"] I'm not going to answer textbook questions (of course, I can't reference the book at work and my home computer is broken) :) However, I enjoyed the book for several reasons - and I still like the movie. I really had fun with the Dumas angle of the story; Corso as D'Artagnan, the widow as Lady, (I don't have the book in front of me, so excuse any mistake on names, please), even the antiques book dealer as Porthos. I think that's one helluva cool society, even if a little elitist, to be in. I think the narrative perspective is interesting: Balkan tells us what Corso has told him, which is one step away from making my head explode. Who tells the truth? Does anybody? Nobody? Better not to think about it. I liked the ending better than the movie. I also liked that the correlation between Irene and the Devil is stronger, whereas someone on imdb made a very convincing argument that at least the movie Corso was the devil, himself. Corso himself was an interesting figure. Very reactive, but not so much that you start to dislike him. I enjoyed the deliberate manipulation he used - according to Balkan. Corso is very much an anti-hero, but sympathetic nonetheless. He's also very much a man of the devil, with his manipulation, smoking, drinking, ruthlessness, and whatnot. I like him, still :) More later, when work slows down again. [/QUOTE]
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