[PhilThreeten] Book Review: Monsieur Monde Vanishes
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PhilThreeten
Mar 22, 2006, 11:46:05 AM3/22/06
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A good friend of mine recommended Simenon books to me. The first that he gave me was ‘Monsieur Monde Vanishes.’
The story is about a successful, middle-aged man who, obsessed with pursuing another life, one day decides to remove himself from everything that he has called his own. Leaving no trace of himself, he uproots himself and heads off in no particular direction. As he continues on his adventure, he encounters a number of enemies and companions all of whom help him realize a new self-awareness. But in the midst of this new comfort, his old life invades. He must then decide not only which life to embrace, but which self he will be.
Though this is the only book I’ve read so far from Georges Simenon, I’m certain it will not be the last. I appreciated his ability to write with a great economy of words and yet penetrate deep into my imagination. His style is simple, his story is believable, and the questions he raises are not easy to answer. All around, a good, challenging book.
I would highly recommend this book and, if Simenon’s other books are even half-way as good, any others as well.
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Posted by PhilThreeten to PhilThreeten at 3/22/2006 11:44:00 AM
The story is about a successful, middle-aged man who, obsessed with pursuing another life, one day decides to remove himself from everything that he has called his own. Leaving no trace of himself, he uproots himself and heads off in no particular direction. As he continues on his adventure, he encounters a number of enemies and companions all of whom help him realize a new self-awareness. But in the midst of this new comfort, his old life invades. He must then decide not only which life to embrace, but which self he will be.
Though this is the only book I’ve read so far from Georges Simenon, I’m certain it will not be the last. I appreciated his ability to write with a great economy of words and yet penetrate deep into my imagination. His style is simple, his story is believable, and the questions he raises are not easy to answer. All around, a good, challenging book.
I would highly recommend this book and, if Simenon’s other books are even half-way as good, any others as well.
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Posted by PhilThreeten to PhilThreeten at 3/22/2006 11:44:00 AM
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