I've been doing ThrowbackThursdays for a while but I noticed that I wrote a lot of reviews in a short time when I first started. So, I listed more than one Throwback book every week. Now, I have reached the ones I posted ten years ago and will probalby just post one every month. These are my reviews from December 2016.
Funny, I just read another book by this author:
"As You Do: Adventures With Evil, Oliver And The Vice President Of Botswana" - 2008
As you can see, he wrote this a year after the his other book. This memoir tells the story of his accident and his return to life. And not only that, we get to learn a lot about both of them, Richard's childhood, marriage, children, and family.
As you can see, he wrote this a year after the his other book. This memoir tells the story of his accident and his return to life. And not only that, we get to learn a lot about both of them, Richard's childhood, marriage, children, and family.
Murakami, Haruki "Norwegian Wood" (J: Noruwei no mori, ノルウェイの森) - 1987
There is so much in this story, it's hard to get it all together, the problems of a teenager growing up, the problems of dealing with a sudden death, first love, second love, illness, especially depression. I am not a fan of poetry but this novel reads like beautiful poetry. I love the style, the flow of the words.
A book about village life and how much villagers keep together against any newcomer, how they are almost treated like enemies, or maybe even worse. I've seen this happening and have experienced it myself, so I could very well relate to the story where Jean Cadoret inherits a farm but the other villagers don't want him there and do everything to prevent him from being successful.
Tyler, Anne "A Spool of Blue Thread" - 2015
This is a story about four generations of a family. A family that consists of all the usual members, the ordinary ones and the not so ordinary ones. Anne Tyler tells about them as if you are there, as if you are part of the clan. It all sounds so familiar.
I have only read a few books by Anne Tyler but this cover has always appealed to me!
ReplyDeleteRight, Constance, I love the cover, as well. I have read a few books by Anne Tyler, not all to my liking, but this one was really good.
DeleteI definitely like Murakami's writing style!
ReplyDeleteMe, too, Kitten. But so far, I have only read this one and Kafka on the Shore. Which one would you recommend next?
DeleteI love Murakami, though Norwegian Wood is one of his more depressing/sad novels imo.
ReplyDeleteOh, interesting, Lark. As I just said to Kitten ^^, I have only read Kafka on the Shore and this one. And, of course, the subjects in this book can be depressing, but his writing style makes up for it, I think. Anyway, which of his books did you like most?
DeleteI've read some of his early novels like Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball. But my favorite was A Wild Sheep Chase. And I did really like Kafka on the Shore, too. His novel The Strange Library was a little too strange for me. ;D I should really tackle some of his other books this year.
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