McCann is a beautiful storyteller. In Apeirogon, he retells the story of the Israeli – Palestinian conflict through two contemporary real-life fathers and activists. He brings together seemingly incongruous elements to show how, like the butterfly effect, all things are interconnected. The message in his book: to make a difference, to really reach people, it is necessary to tell a story, a history, over and over until we really do hear it, learn from it and take positive action accordingly.
“Ignorance is a terrible acquaintance.”
Researched in detail, woven together like a powerfully poetic piece of tapestry, this book is a literary work of art.
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
*****A Long Way Off, by Pascal Garnier
LibraryThing.com Early Review
French Literature
A page turner, A Long Way Off is a quirky novella of the noir genre. Pascal takes his reader on a dark, yet funny, unusual ride. One disappears for a short time with an odd, aging father and his mentally unique adult daughter, only to experience a sudden turn of events which transforms the comic into sinister. This is my first book by Pascal and I am hooked.
French Literature
A page turner, A Long Way Off is a quirky novella of the noir genre. Pascal takes his reader on a dark, yet funny, unusual ride. One disappears for a short time with an odd, aging father and his mentally unique adult daughter, only to experience a sudden turn of events which transforms the comic into sinister. This is my first book by Pascal and I am hooked.
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