{"id":1585,"date":"2011-05-06T11:22:12","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T16:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fabricegrinda.com\/?p=1585"},"modified":"2023-07-18T12:00:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T12:00:54","slug":"the-metropolis-case-is-beautifully-written-and-shockingly-compelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/uk\/the-metropolis-case-is-beautifully-written-and-shockingly-compelling\/","title":{"rendered":"The Metropolis Case is beautifully written and shockingly compelling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am a bit at a loss for words when it comes to describing my liking of <em>The Metropolis Case<\/em>. I am not a huge fan of music, dislike opera and don\u2019t particularly care for gay male leads. Yet, somehow, the intertwining tale of four characters connected by music over a period spanning from 1860s Paris to New York after 9\/11, becomes slowly engrossing.<\/p>\n<p>I am not quite sure why the characters are so compelling. Their coming of age is predictable. More likely, the underlying, if secondary, issue of aging and its consequences resonated with me. I share the characters\u2019 fears and annoyances at the prospect of aging and lust for the fountain of youth. I suspect the beautiful prose also played a large part in keeping me captivated. As I have mostly been reading non-fiction books and a few thrillers, I have not come across a book as beautifully written in a long time. I also appreciated the whiff of magic realism towards the end of the book (even though it was highly predictable).<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking for a beautifully written novel definitely check out <em>The Metropolis Case<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a bit at a loss for words when it comes to describing my liking of The Metropolis Case. I am not a huge fan of music, dislike opera &hellip; <a href=\"\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books"],"acf":[],"contentUpdated":"The Metropolis Case is beautifully written and shockingly compelling. Categories - Books. Date-Posted - 2011-05-06T11:22:12 . I am a bit at a loss for words when it comes to describing my liking of The Metropolis Case. I am not a huge fan of music, dislike opera and don\u2019t particularly care for gay male leads. Yet, somehow, the intertwining tale of four characters connected by music over a period spanning from 1860s Paris to New York after 9\/11, becomes slowly engrossing.\n I am not quite sure why the characters are so compelling. Their coming of age is predictable. More likely, the underlying, if secondary, issue of aging and its consequences resonated with me. I share the characters\u2019 fears and annoyances at the prospect of aging and lust for the fountain of youth. I suspect the beautiful prose also played a large part in keeping me captivated. As I have mostly been reading non-fiction books and a few thrillers, I have not come across a book as beautifully written in a long time. I also appreciated the whiff of magic realism towards the end of the book (even though it was highly predictable).\n If you are looking for a beautifully written novel definitely check out The Metropolis Case.\n ","Category":["Books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16999,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585\/revisions\/16999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}