The book "The Other" — Дэвид ГутерсонThe Other. I have been waiting for David Gutersons next book for several years. What I liked: each of the scenes in the mountains with his eccentric and then bewildering friend, John William; the scenes in his classroom (too brief, wanted more, but then I too was a high school teacher); the trek through Europe and Neils falling in love and early relationship. The reality of how poor many people were in that era as they struggled their way through college was very true to life, and Neils commentaries on a variety of poets interested me as well. I also admired the way Guterson interweaves the third-person narrative through secondary narrators even though his protagonist, Neil, is telling the story. What I disliked: the entire denouement with all the scenes and flashbacks of John William Barrys parents and the endless monolog of the father. The scene in the lawyers office and the merciless detail also seem to be filling a page quota rather than telling the story.
Повествование переплетается от третьего лица от разных рассказчиков. Вся развязка со всеми сценами и воспоминаниями родителей Джона Уильяма Барри - бесконечный монолог отца. Сцена в кабинете адвоката и беспощадна и подробна и, кажется, заполняет страницы, а не рассказывает историю. | 
