A compliment to the author, Amor Towles, who happens to be a man. I marvel at writers who somehow are able to write from the point of view of the opposite gender. I never once felt Katey's voice to be inauthentic. This was Towles' first novel.
Friday, July 27, 2018
In the Words of Katey Kontent
Just finished a lovely book. Here's the story's protagonist, Katey Kontent (pronounced kon-TENT), summing things up at the end of her reminiscences. I don't give anything away by sharing these paragraphs.
A compliment to the author, Amor Towles, who happens to be a man. I marvel at writers who somehow are able to write from the point of view of the opposite gender. I never once felt Katey's voice to be inauthentic. This was Towles' first novel.
A compliment to the author, Amor Towles, who happens to be a man. I marvel at writers who somehow are able to write from the point of view of the opposite gender. I never once felt Katey's voice to be inauthentic. This was Towles' first novel.
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