Still going! A book a day for Nov 17


has certainly kept me thinking and writing, and revisiting a few books which I am really enjoying thinking about again, and today's is no exception


The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffeneger is a great book, a wonderfully written novel with a huge scope. I love books with big imagination, and this is biiiiiiiiiiiig imagination. A man with a kind of genetic time-travelling disorder flits back and forth through time without being able to control these journeys. It could have descended into a kind of farce with him nearly meeting himself over and over, but it doesn't - there's lots of touching and thought-provoking encounters with the woman who becomes his wife, and lots of reflection on the nature of time, life and who we are. It's a very striking and powerful book, though some of the language in it will upset those of a delicate constitution, it is a great novel.

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Dr.John said…
And another book to add to the growing list of books I should get.
12:01 am
Naomi said…
A friend of mine read this book Alastair. I hear it's really good.
8:40 pm
Naomi said…
P.S. Congratulations on the "post a day" for Novemeber Alastair. Unfortunately I'm lagging behind a bit with posts at the moment.
8:41 pm
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