Peter Sinclair goes to the country cottage of a friend to work on his autobiography. He intends simply to recount the story of his life, but the task soon develops into an act of imaginative reconstruction and he begins to drift between the shadowy worlds of memory and imagination.
… the book after seeing a movie about magicians – great read! read the book after seeing a movie about magicians – great read!
A wonderful book… …but I think that the disturbing ending would have been somewhat spoiled if I’d read the review by “thatwhichfalls” before I read it. An incisive review, thatwhichfalls, but why the spoiler?
Mind-blowing The Affirmation is the eighth novel by British SF author Christopher Priest, originally published in 1981. As with his later novels The Prestige and moreso The Separation, The Affirmation is a book about identity, truth, perception and perspective which rewards multiple readings and is open to many interpretations of what is happening.Â