PublicHealthInnit rated LIFE AFTER LIFE: 1 star
LIFE AFTER LIFE by Kate Atkinson
What if you could live again and again, until you got it right? On a cold and snowy night in …
I read Dr Zhivago recently, and this feels like a better version of that book, using modern Chinese instead of Russian history and adding a dollop (though not too much) magical realism into the mix. It is a masterful history from the Boxer rebellion through various wars, the great leap forward, the great famine and the cultural revolution without ever really talking about politics or history.
Having said that, I’m still not too sure about the book’s obsession with breasts. You can take it two ways - a commentary on the cultural value of women as mothers, life-givers and sexual objects; or plain lecherous. There were times when it really seemed to veer into the latter, but for the sake of the rest of the book, I’m giving it the benefit of the doubt.
Also, an absolute nightmare to read in public with a name like this plastered across the …
