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Debut novembre. Il est neuf heures. Les mesanges viennent se coigner la fenetre. Un peu assommees, il leur arrive de reprendre leur vol, mais parfois elles tombent et se debattent un moment dans la neige fraiche avant de retrouver l'usage de leurs ailes. Je me demande ce qu'elles peuvent bien venir chercher chez moi....
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The book had me almost right away. It was beautifully written. A story about an old man who decided to leave his life behind to seek solitude at a cabin (I think in Norway). His childhood memories came rushing back... unresolved mystery with his father's abandonment, his best friend's family, etc.
The story was sad... and I feel like the main character, the old man, Trond, is so lonely. I didn't get to witness relationship building with his father, but I did get a sense how much being approved by ...more
The story was sad... and I feel like the main character, the old man, Trond, is so lonely. I didn't get to witness relationship building with his father, but I did get a sense how much being approved by ...more
"I could have paid a carpenter, I am far from skint, but then it would have gone too fast. I want to use the time it takes. Time is important to me now, I tell myself. Not that it should pass quickly or slowly, but be only time, be something I live inside and fill with physical things and activities that I can divide it up by, so that it grows distinct to me and does not vanish when I am not looking."
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