A tale of 2 books..

Last night I finished "The curious incident of the dog in the night time", penned by Mark Haddon. It is very nicely written book, a simple story narrated with such ease that it flows smoothly. Over the years I have come to appreciate simplicity. A long time ago I read a number of books by Gabrial Garcia Marquez, and though I read them all from cover to cover, sometimes all I had were words. I could not picture the images painted by those words. And I thought that perhaps I wasn't ready yet for such sophisticated reading. Perhaps that is still true.

This book wasn't like that at all. I could picture Christopher, alone in his world, wanting to be left alone with his math books and simple reasoning. All around him are grown ups, supposedly mature, yet unable to find content and happiness. It is, to me, a tale of this irony. The more sophisticated we get, the more unhappy and alone we are. So I yearn to be simple.

Along with this book, I was also reading "The echo maker" by Richard Powers and this book, like the books by Garcia Marquez, got unbearable towards the end. I do understand the theme of this book, cognitive disorders, is complex per se. But the writing is just exhausting, sullen and sometimes, just plain boring. Fortunately for me a lot of people on Amazon.com seem to agree with me.

If you chance upon this posting, please do suggest some good books. So far all I have is Amazon's listmania!!