tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498097.post2051011103219481453..comments2024-01-30T16:06:21.664-08:00Comments on life by candlelight: CHILDREN OF PARADISE by Fred D'AguiarAmy M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10851557242036545042noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498097.post-38372850392237457202014-07-17T08:28:24.118-07:002014-07-17T08:28:24.118-07:00I agree with what you say about the ending. I'...I agree with what you say about the ending. I'm also not sure what happened. Read it late at night and kept turning back a few pages thinking I'd missed something. Perhaps it is as you say and you're left to pick your own version, the tragic one or the happier one. At the least it prompts you to read up on the actual events to find out what happens with the congressional delegation. In a way, what actually happened seems more unreal than anything fictionalized in the book!<br /><br />I'm also not sure why he switched to first person in the very last chapter, that kind of sat wrong with me. Or perhaps was intended to add to the confusion? Sinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09971554811306102478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498097.post-86793511907766479172014-04-30T17:40:56.079-07:002014-04-30T17:40:56.079-07:00I loved Children of Paradise and was enthralled fr...I loved Children of Paradise and was enthralled from the very beginning. D'Aguiar's poetic prose weaves a spell that made me think, well then, the preacher can do that too. But, like you, I was confused at the end. It almost seemed like a choose your own adventure. Which was it? If I wasn't so confused, I'da cried my eyes out. But when the Captain begins (and repeats) his tale, it doesn't sound like the Captain's voice. So I found myself rereading the last chapters looking for clues. Dolores Monetnoreply@blogger.com