LADY ORACLE
MARGARET ATWOOD
Needed to read something dramatically different from Pamuk. Normally a situation in which I immediately reach for a cheap-and-cheerful trashy bestseller. Except none was at hand.
What I did find, though, was an early Atwood that I've been meaning to read for a while.
Less than halfway through (so sue me, the World Cup only comes around once in five years!), and I'm struck by the lightness of her tone. There's also a certain familiarity to the way she writes, a sort of literary deja vu. Maybe I'm identifying too closely with her protagonist, but I can't help but wonder if it'll last through the book.
And, more importantly, if it does, will it shed any light on the plotline of my life? Hmmm.
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Perhaps you are the proverbial L'etranger , a stranger in your own settings.
By the way I could not understand the short-shrifting of Pamuk.
So many people have told me that about Pamuk! Maybe it's just been bad timing -- and, in a few years, I'll fall madly in love with his books.
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