Empty Words by Mario Levrero

Empty Words

Mario Levrero with Annie McDermott (Translator)

152 pages first pub 1996 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary reflective slow-paced
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Description

An eccentric novelist begins to keep a notebook of handwriting exercises, hoping that if he's able to improve his penmanship, his personal character will also improve. What begins as a mere physical exercise becomes involuntarily colored by humoro...

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Community Reviews

3.68
based on 83 reviews

Moods

reflective: 80%

emotional: 40%

hopeful: 40%

challenging: 20%

inspiring: 20%

mysterious: 20%

tense: 20%


Pace

40% of readers chose medium
60% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

50% of readers chose Plot
50% of readers chose Character
Plot
Character

Strong character development?

33% of readers chose Yes
33% of readers chose Complicated
33% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
N/A

Loveable characters?

66% of readers chose Yes
33% of readers chose N/A
Yes
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

33% of readers chose Yes
66% of readers chose N/A
Yes
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

100% of readers chose Yes
Yes

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