Just finished this book on the train ride home today. It is quite a tome, but I enjoyed reading it. The story centers on two sisters, Laura and Iris Chase. One of them died shortly after WWII by suicide, the other is an old woman in 1999 recalling her life and the life and death of her sister. Within this novel are two other narratives: the first one follows two lovers (one of the sisters and a young man) meeting clandestinely in the 1930s; the other narrative is a story that the lovers are sharing with each other. This story shared becomes the title of the actual book, The Blind Assassin, as well as the title of the fictional book written by Laura Chase and published after her death by her sister. This was a very compelling, intriguing book that slowly reveals family history and has a couple of surprising twists.
I think it is one of my favorites from this Booker prize list, so far.
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