The people of paper

245 pages

English language

Published April 30, 2006 by Harcourt.

ISBN:
978-0-15-603211-7
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OCLC Number:
68416872

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3 stars (5 reviews)

The People of Paper is an exploratory novel, depicting the painful struggles of life and writing through a fantastical world built with paper and imagination.

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2 stars

I'm totally fine with post-modernism and challenging narratives, but I felt like this book was self-indulgent and gimmicky. The writer has a flair for imagery but the characters lacked their own voices. I felt like there was only enough content for an intriguing short story, not a full-length novel (how many times did I need to read about Rita Hayworth and the lettuce pickers to get the point?) I also didn't sympathize with the suffering of Sal/Saturn/Frederico/etc at the hands of women. It just came off as repetitive and at times misogynistic.

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Subjects

  • Lovesickness -- Fiction.
  • Loss (Psychology) -- Fiction.