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pickVaim, by Jon Fosse (2025, transl. 2025)
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Premise: The story of lonely fishermen in an isolated part of Norway and the woman that changes their lives.
Review: This was my first book by Nobel-Prize-winning author Jon Fosse. While I can see his incredible skill, this didn‘t quite do it for me. I was blown away by the strong narrative point of view of the first section; but, as the point of view switched, the voice didn‘t change with it.⬇️
pickThis is the first Mantel I've ever read, and her writing is as good as everyone says it is. Which is great, because this book at times seemed like an interesting central conceit stretched too thin. The idea that spirits roam the earth unchanged from how they were in life, their personalities frozen in amber, no matter how vicious or shallow or predatory, tormenting the living, is a terrifying one (and a good analog for trauma)...👇
pickRosa is independent, confident, pragmatic, judging and funny. Most of all, she‘s one of the most unreliable narrators I‘ve ever met! It would have been a totally different story from the POV of her daughter or granddaughter.
The book is about life in the USSR, leaving the country for Germany, trying to make the most of it under all circumstances.
It‘s quite unique and I can‘t wait to discuss it with the #EuropaCollective.
Currently reading the silmarillion and wow, I feel like I'm reaching a whole new depth of middle earth and it's so much information I feel like you should get a certificate or something when you're done lol
"My name is Otto Ringling, ( no circus jokes, please) and I have a strange story to tell."
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pickContinuing my #booksreadin2025.
Reread this for Nicola Coughlan!!
She brings such a fun freshness that highlights the wit and differences of the sisters themselves. She does a great job giving each character a different tone and sound, that I never lost place of who was talking as well as her actual speaking voice for the third person perspective in the book. Honestly, her narration was so much fun to listen to.
