“As Estha stirred the thick jam he thought Two Thoughts and the Two Thoughts he thought were these:a) Anything can happen to anyone.
and
b) It is best to be prepared.”
The story moves between the now at the twins’ return and the then with the death of Sophie Mol as the main event with a couple of twists and turns. But what really makes this book is the beautiful prose. Sometimes a mere sentence could make me laugh out loud or just sigh. It’s definitely a slow-reading book. Although it’s beautifully written and I enjoyed the story, I felt that there was something missing, but I cannot put my finger on exactly what. It is also a hard book to write about. But it is definitely worth a read!
The book won the Man Booker Prize in 1997 and is also August’s read in Line’s 1001 books reading circle.
“And the air was full of Thoughts and Things to Say. But at times like these, only the Small Things are ever said. Big Things lurk unsaid inside.”
Eg syns og den var vanskeleg å skrive om, men språket var nydeleg. Absolutt verdt å lese 🙂
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Det er ofte de beste bøkene som er vanskeligst å skrive om av en eller annen merkelig grunn.
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