Beautiful Ruins : A Novel

from lansum

The character we meet first in the book is not a major character--which may throw some readers. The character just sets a certain tone and gives us an overall point of view about how the main characters fit together. There are many, many stories wrapped up in this novel. Most of them are beautifu...

from ethel55

An apt title for a beautiful book. Walter shows us the stories of several lives, moving back and forth in time from 1962 Italy to a more recent time, in Hollywood. Pasquale Tursi, owner of the so aptly named Adequate View Hotel owns the only hotel in the small coastal town of Porto Vergogna. Ther...

from carebear10712

First, let me say the audiobook version of this book was amazing. It's probably the best book I have ever listened to.As for the rest of the book - it was excellent. I found myself looking forward to my car rides so I could listen to more of it. {What a refreshing change from both The Orphan Mast...

from Randall.Hansen

I have to admit that I really enjoy Jess Walter's writing -- especially his wit. I read this book on audio, which is ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL. Not sure I would have liked it quite so much without the splendid narration. Still, this book is a great achievement, with wonderfully woven stories set in nu...

from msf59

"This is what happens when you live in dreams, he thought: you dream this and you dream that and you sleep right through your life." It's 1962, at a tiny coastal town in Italy. Pasquale, in his early 20s, is working on his "beach" in front of his small hotel. A lovely young woman arrives on a ski...