The Descartes Highlands

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Print Length: 300 pages Publisher: Akashic Books (October 13, 2014) Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc. Language: English Genre: Fiction/Asian America Book Description: Two men, each unaware of the other, share a common family secret: they were sold for adoption by their American father shortly after their births in the Philippines. Three alternating stories interweave the experiences of father Andrew Breszky and the two sons who try to connect and piece together the puzzle of their reckless, impulsive father. One lives in New York and the other grows up in the south of France, later traveling all over Asia as a documentary filmmaker. Both will discover that their relationships somehow echo that of the young man whose history eludes them. Celebrated Filipino writer Eric Gamalinda's international debut novel is a contemporary work of ideas that combines mystery, film noir, and existential philosophy. Highly intricate and written in a style reminiscent of the maverick narrative techniques of such filmmakers as Andrei Tarkovsky and Béla Tarr, and with some of the philosophical underpinnings of Michel Houellebecq or Javier Marías. Named after the region of the moon where Apollo 16 landed in the same year these men were born, The Descartes Highlands demonstrates that for lives marked by unrelieved loneliness, the only hope lies in the redemptive power of love. My Review: I am sad to say I didn't make it through this book. The first chapter read rather choppy, that's the best way to describe it. It didn't flow well. The second and third chapter, got be extremely interested in the story and what was going to happen. But once I got to the four chapter I couldn't finish it. The graphic scenes and foul language was to much for me.  I am not even going to quote a piece for you to see yourself, I felt that uncomfortable I received this book from Edelweiss for my review