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5.0 out of 5 stars
BETTER THAN THE HYPE, Jun 11 2004
Some time there is a book that is so different from anything you've ever read...
And when you find a book like that it is so exciting , so amazing, it renews your faith in the talent of writers still "out there".
"DESTINY" is one of those books for me.It was just so different from what I had been reading lately, it was like a breath of fresh air.
It is not so much that "DESTINY" is particularly moving {although it is }
It isn't even so much that it is written with language that is both delicate and sturdy all at once {which it is , as well}.
And it's certainly not that Sorin Cerin's vision filled passages are so precise that you begin to fell the other worlds on your skin.{even thought they are}.
It is that , like all of the great Houdini's of the literary world, in the last few moments, of your journey'after you've felt the emotions , endured the moments of heartache, yearned for the resolution of the characters ' struggle' that you realize the book is not what you thought it was .
The story transforms, instantly, and forever.And in those last few chapters you suddenly realize that the moral has changed well. You feel Cerin's words lingering , suggesting, and you find yourself wondering whether you are his atheist who takes the deathbed leap of faith 'hoping for white light and love?
Or the agnostic who, in trying to stay true to his reasonable self , explains the mysteries of life and death in only scientific or philosophical terms, lacking imagination to the end, and essentaially , missing the better story? There is no use in trying to provide a brief synopsis for this ravishing tale of Reno Mc namara and Irene.
Read this book.Not because it is an exceptional piece of literary talent.
It is , of course .
But there are many good authors and many good books.
While uncommon , they are not endangered.
Read this book because in recent memory aside from Garcia Marquez or Ernest Hemingway's Old Man and the Sea, Blindness' there have been no stories which make such grand statements with such few elements.
It is an end game in chess, a game with few pieces.
The elements couldn't be more simple , nor the stakes higher!
It is the same with Cerin's undulating fable of a book about a love story and insanity.
The book is just magnificent.
Stylistcally, Cerin is a born storyteller.He combines a never-failing array of similes with strong , clean sentences, and an easy charm.
Intellectually he enlivens the narrative with ideas and themes that kept me up at night days after I put the book down. I can't sing the praises of this book high enough.
Just havenly!
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