Title: Ahead of his Time?
Product review: Is it not the hallmark of a truly great author to have visions way ahead of his time? Or is it. Having enjoyed "The Remains of the Day" I started on "The Unconsoled". This was quite a struggle, until one day it struck me: I am not reading a book, I am surfing the net (very, very slowly). Is not the incomprehensible passing through a door into a different space/time frame a metaphor for clicking on a hyperlink? Or vice versa? Both allow you, in a few clicks to end up where you began, having forgotten in the meantime why you went away in the first place. For a book written this long ago it is a quite a feat to have previsioned the internet as we know it today; on the other hand, once you know this, or think this is the case, it's just a gimmick. And then I just could not continue reading it.
Would you say this review depicts the product in a flattering or unflattering light?
