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A lo largo de los diferentes capítulos, asistiremos tanto a los recuerdos previos de Graham para saber cómo ha llegado a enamorarse de Sarah, y de cómo es su amistad con el excéntrico de su amigo Slater; así como también profundizaremos en la particular mentalidad de Grout, y en los entresijos del castillo donde están Quiss y Ajayi. Y todo ello con una aparente independencia entre las historias, que acabarán confluyendo. Creo que, precisamente, esa fue una de las cosas que me gustó de la novela; ya que si bien no es un texto que mantenga un ritmo vertiginoso, y esté lleno de suspenso, logra exitosamente mantenerte interesado al hacerte tratar de hilvanar todos los cabos sueltos, encontrar los paralelismos, e intentar dilucidar el punto en que coinde cada historia, así como también el significado de esta. Hay puntos en la novela en que las “aventuras” (sobre todo las de los chicos londinenses) se rozan, sin poder decir que hay un contanto tangible. Son como hilillos que sirven tanto como para sacar conclusiones como para despistar al lector. Por lo antes mencionado, todos los capítulos del hilo de Quiss y Ajayi llevan el nombre de un juego : ajedrez unidimensional, estratego abierto, dominó sin puntos, etc. Quiss->Grout->Graham<-Grout<-Quiss döngülerin, örümcek ağlarının yaşanan herşeyin atılan bir adımın, edilen bir kelimenin, saliselik bir bakışın değiştireceği dokunacağı bir çok hayatın yanı sıra duyguların temelinde yatan ilkelliğin meydana getirdiği birlikteliğin aslında modern toplumda ki anlamsızlığına dair mükemmel bir düz yazıydı.

Stephen’s mental problems? Well, I’d wager there was no research done -- Stephen’s “loony” behaviour doesn’t fit any identifiable mental illness, and it’s hard to imagine him having the self-control to be the voracious fantasy novel reader he’s portrayed to be. Dostoevsky never did anything wrong, he did not kill that cat, nor fill those trenches with concrete, though if he did, he did a damn good job, and it was the world's fault, it made him do it, god damn it, that cat had it coming, he did not kill it. Glasswalking is for those who really dare to take on a challenge, so is great for charities raising money, but is also good for corporate and schools, for focus and goal training. Glass floor panels are built by laminating two to three pieces of tempered glass together and they are then placed into a specifically manufactured supporting structure around the joins. Most experts would say that glass flooring can have 2 times the strength and support of a wooden floor. Can Walk on Glass be used Outside? I think it is. I think the human spirit is found in despair, and that it is despair which gives humanity the impetus to overcome. Iain Banks seems to share my opinion, at least he does in Walking on Glass.

Literary significance and criticism

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Three apparently unrelated stories alternate here – two realistic (or apparently so), one highly fantastical. The last is by far the most compelling, amply demonstrating the extraordinary power of Banks’ imagination and inventiveness. As the book progresses, it also starts shedding light on the other two. Quiss and Ajayi are war criminals from opposing sides in a galactic war, who are imprisoned in the Castle of Bequest (also Castle Doors) and forced to play impossible games until they can solve the riddle: "What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?"

For sure I’m going into the kind of detail that some reviewers might find over-the-top, but there is a point. For me, anything that causes me to do a double-take when I’m reading a story breaks the magic – that magic where narrative, dialogue, characters and effective description carry you away to fictive dreamland. I’m afraid that break happened once too often with Walking On Glass and I just couldn’t get into it. Iain Banks does a wonderful job of putting the reader inside the head of the characters, so you don't just feel for them you feel with them. Walking on Glass is on the dark side and contains adult situations and some suffering. A lot of us would say that glass floors are not as strong as floors supported by joists, however, we would be wrong in saying this. Let’s face it we don’t ever think about walking on an upper floor if it is wood-based and worrying we might fall through if it doesn’t support us as we have all grown up with this as standard. Is each person's life / issues resolved? Personally I think you're left hanging for the most part, except maybe in Steven's case, but I don't know if that is unsatisfying. Everything is left a bit tenuous, nebulous but I don't feel necessarily that the main 3 end up totally dissatisfied, even if their stories don't have happy endings.

I know there are a lot of different takes on this book, but to me the characters of Graham, Grout and Quiss seem to represent different periods of time in a person's life, and with them the key themes of love, employment and age which, when the odds are against them, leave the respective characters feeling broken, and out of touch with reality.La estructura de la novela se basa en la interposición de tres historias sin una aparente conexión entré sí; casi paralelas, llegan a un punto, hacia el final, en la que se entrelazan, logrando un resultado bastante interesante. The story of Graham’s unhappy pursuit of the elusive Sara ffitch is also reasonably absorbing, though the cruel twist at the end seems very contrived. But wait! - is it meant to seem contrived because it has been? It's really 3 separate stories, which are only-sort-of interconnected. That is, there are some references, recurring motifs, etc, but I didn't think they reflected on one another as much as they could have. Even Banks has, said, reportedly, the book "didn’t do exactly what it set out to do and I think you have failed to an extent if the reader can’t understand what you’re saying."