Does it work? As Beatrice might say, yes and no. As you might expect in an allegory, characterization is thin. The taxidermist, in particular, is a cipher, and both Henry’s connection to him and his great revelation feel unfounded. But the images Martel — our literary taxidermist — summons are almost unbearably haunting. Wounded animals, stuck in time, trying to grasp the horrors of man.
YANN MARTEL | First Unitarian Church, 3 Church St, Cambridge | April 15 at 7 pm | $5 | 617.661.1515 or harvard.com
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