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a great book so far

vtedy pochopila bludný kruh zlatých rybičiek plukovníka Aureliana. Svet sa končil na povrchu jej pokožky a jej vnútro bolo zbavené akejkoľvek zatrpknutosti. Mrzelo ju, že k tomuto objavu nedospela ešte pred mnohými rokmi, ešte mohla preosiať spomienky a v novom svetle znovu vytvoriť celý vesmír [...] a zachrániť Rebecu z biedy, na ktorú si navykla nie z nenávisti, ani z lásky, ale z bezhraničného pochopenia samoty.

I'm starting to feel like Helprin loves words so much that in his frenzy to write as many of them as possible he forgot the goal of writing a good story. I love words too, that's why the book is still bearable and kinda beautiful but, oh my, do we really need so many half-assed characters with abandoned storylines that each could have their own novel?

Admittedly, things might get resolved but right now it's a mess.