Dying

by René Belletto, Alexander Hertich (Translator)

A metaphysical thriller about the lengths to which men will go to escape the inevitable--be it love or death.

Genres: Fiction

165 pages, Paperback

Published October 7, 2010

About the author

René Belletto is a French novelist and script-writer. His novels (Le Revenant, 1981; Sur la terre comme au ciel, 1982; L'Enfer, 1986) combine the suspense of the detective story with humour and sensitive characterisation.

Reviews

[Korey]

The bizarre description on the back cover, the eye-catching artwork, and the attention-grabbing title combined to draw me to Rene Belletto's Dying. I read it quickly - at first completely absorbed by the absurdly unconventional technique, and then ending it actually annoyed by just *HOW* off the wall it became.

I consider myself a very bright individual, and I honestly have no idea what happened. I still am a bit affectionate about it -- there was some lovely use of language, some very clever plays on story-telling -- I just think I must've missed the genius here.

[Holly Raymond]

A peculiar, self-reflexive book that reminded me very strongly of Boris Vian and the great novel 'Zenobia.'

[Marc Nash]

Video review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UzA7...

[David]

The Millions review made me feel like I was missing out on a lot of what was going on by not having read any of Belletto's earlier work. Still, very good with stretches of great in the middle, such as the orchestra scene. The ending let me down somewhat, especially in regards to the mysterious text referred to throughout which was resolved a little cleaner than I'd have liked, but perhaps if I was more familiar with Belletto, I'd have better understood what he was up to.

[McKenna Rae]

One of my all-time favorites, magnificently bizarre, morbid, and imbued with that sort of nebulous fantasy element that makes a book feel significant.

[Olivia]

http://www.complete-review.com/review...

[Michael]

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