So this was Sorrow. Sorrow smelt of carnations and cellar rats and potato salad...Sorrow separated you from everyone else and Sorrow was a puzzle with no answer. Sorrow wasn't bad or good; it was just there making each person strange and lonely.
-Dawn Powell, My Home is Far Away
Highly recommended.
I am reading Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close--
ReplyDeletesaw the movie a while back--and I must say, the movie
was incredibly well done. The book is sorta wacky--and
has a whole other story imbedded about the grandparents.
The movie people did a nice job of pulling the boy's storyline
together.
I think I'll skip that one. I've read a couple of his shorter pieces and saw Everything Is Illuminated. Not my cup of tea, I guess.
ReplyDeleteDid not read or see that, but Exceedingly...movie is well done (probably not by the author).
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