Génial ! Un univers et une écriture d'une grande cohérence. Ai dévoré les 425 (grande) pages (et petits caractères) de ce récit en 48 heures, presque d'une traite (deux ans qu'il traîne dans la grande pile de livres à lire). Bien sûr c'est tragique, des fois burlesques, tiré par les cheveux, trop...
I wanted to rate this a "4" but I started liking it less towards the end. As Philomena (the lead character) got more mentally unstable, the text got more stream-of-consciousness-y and it started to lose my interest. I see where the author was going with that, but I just really wasn't following it...
I picked this up because I thought it'd be a fun read during the Olympics.The underlying story is that swimming is a refuge for Philomena when her family life is a landfill of tragedy. Yet, despite this premise (and, um, the title of the book), the author doesn't seem very interested in swimming ...