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Jillian Connelly (no login)
Posted Apr 17, 2007 7:06 PM
I know it is the first sentence but it was the most important sentence to me, “You know how it ends: Everybody dies.” I find this sentence so compelling because it is the truth and it is stated at the beginning of the book. The reason I found this sentence so compelling as well is that I felt as the reader I was immediately reminded that this was an event that really occurred, and the ending is not going to be a happy one because in reality not every story was a positive one.
A couple of questions for Frederic Beigbeder:
Question #1: were you hesitant to write a book that discusses a very sensitive subject for Americans?
Question #2: If you wrote “Windows on the World” what would you do different?
Question #3: Do you feel that if you were an American author that the reviews of the book would have been a lot different?
I also found it very interesting that the book did not just cover one side of a story but looked at what occurred from different views. Many people would be nervous to write a book like this especially with a beginning such as this one, so I most definitely will give you a lot of credit for writing it. I also wanted to add I thought it was a really effective approach to make the chapters short and titled with a time. Truthfully the idea of time was very important during the attacks of September 11th and I think that in a subtle way it was brought about in “Windows on The World”. Every minute or for that matter every second was important to those trapped in the towers, and by separating the chapters by time from 8:30 am to 10:29 am, really shows how time was so important to the victims and the survivors.
Lastly I just wanted to say that I did really enjoy the book, and I really think it was very gutsy for you to write about September 11th, 2001 when it is such a major debate in America, whether or not it should be talked about. Thank you again for participating in the forum!
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