I’m really not sure how to begin talking about Marcelo in the Real World. I finished it a few minutes ago and I still am crying. There was so much beauty in this book I hated to have it finish.
Marcelo’s mind is so incredibly pure. There were parts of this book that made me feel dirty, because I could understand the meanings of the things others were speaking of in an attempt to corrupt him. But, the author offers so much hope through the simple struggles of Marcelo.
The other thing I wanted to talk about was the spiritual message of this book. I called my father around Chapter 26 I think it was.. and I read to him the portion of the story told by the Rabbi to Marcelo. The language was so simple and so easy to understand but the message was so profound. Little passages like this are scattered throughout the book.
There is a quiet beauty about this novel. There are no thrills, no passages to make you gasp with excitement or dismay. Instead this story inspired me to listen more to that music inside of me, to pay attention to those signs around me that God is placing. I don’t think a world of Marcelo’s would be a bad thing at all.
