lokroma reviewed The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel
Review of 'The High Mountains of Portugal' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Another quirky, funny, magical story with wonderful animals from Martel.
English language
Published Dec. 18, 2016
The High Mountains of Portugal
by Yann Martel
3 stars
(6 reviews)
The High Mountains of Portugal is a 2016 novel by Canadian author Yann Martel. The novel is split into three sections, each of which concerns a widower.
GG reviewed The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel
Review of 'The High Mountains of Portugal' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
A collection of 3 loosely-connected stories, but only the last one is worth reading (but you have to read the first two to appreciate it). It's a meditation on humans as animals and our connection to the natural world that is, at times, lovely, but drags far too slowly for me to recommend it. It would have been a nice section of a larger short story collection if each story were 30-50 pages long, but at 335 pages, there wasn't enough narrative to sustain the allegories. Don't tarnish your memory of the luminous Life of Pi.
