*RAY The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches
4 journalers for this copy...
One that I started on but needed a lighter book.
amazon notes :
A truly remarkable tour de force, both as a novel and as a translation by Sheila Fischman The story is told by a child who has been brought up in a cabin by a deranged father in the Canadian wilds. The child has simply never met anyone from outside the little family, and speaks an extraordinary language based on the father's limited conversation and a motley selection of books in the cabin. The story opens on the day the two siblings discover that their father has hanged himself. Now they will be forced into contact with the villagers beyond their little universe. They will discover the startling truth about the world outside -- and the world outside will discover the even more startling truth about them and their history. Hypnotic, powerful, playful, utterly suspenseful, this is an amazing novel that has been a major bestseller in Canada.
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amazon notes :
A truly remarkable tour de force, both as a novel and as a translation by Sheila Fischman The story is told by a child who has been brought up in a cabin by a deranged father in the Canadian wilds. The child has simply never met anyone from outside the little family, and speaks an extraordinary language based on the father's limited conversation and a motley selection of books in the cabin. The story opens on the day the two siblings discover that their father has hanged himself. Now they will be forced into contact with the villagers beyond their little universe. They will discover the startling truth about the world outside -- and the world outside will discover the even more startling truth about them and their history. Hypnotic, powerful, playful, utterly suspenseful, this is an amazing novel that has been a major bestseller in Canada.
Off on a bookray to ......
Please send a private message to the next person on the list when it arrives with you and journal it when you send it to let us know it is still travelling safely. Ideally if it could be read and moved on within 2 weeks that would be great....especially for the people further down the list. Any problems please pm karen07814. Thank you and enjoy the book
bookray so far:
bkind2books in US ships...US/Canada pref but can do int'l if necessary
llednyl in US ships...US/Canada pref but can do int'l if necessary
peacejunkie84 in US ships int'l <-----book is here
lauraloo29 in canada ship int'l
mrbaggins1 in south africa ship int'l
mummafour in US ship int'l
lidlekiwi in UK ship UK
bookray so far:
bkind2books in US ships...US/Canada pref but can do int'l if necessary
llednyl in US ships...US/Canada pref but can do int'l if necessary
peacejunkie84 in US ships int'l <-----book is here
lauraloo29 in canada ship int'l
mrbaggins1 in south africa ship int'l
mummafour in US ship int'l
lidlekiwi in UK ship UK
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over to you and onwards according to the list above please. Have a great read!
over to you and onwards according to the list above please. Have a great read!
This looks intriguing - I got 2 bookrings the same day (aarrgh!) I will do my best to get this finished this week. Thanks so much for organizing this, karen07814!
A truly disturbing book - this was very dark. The narrator writes this story with a language that comes only from books and the father that has kept his family from the outside world - and this makes it difficult to follow at times. There are several twists and turns in this novel and I don't want to spoil it for the rest of the bookring.
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Will mail in the morning to the next person in the bookring!
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Will mail in the morning to the next person in the bookring!
Delivery confirmation #0308 0730 0001 0288 0664
Arrived today! I'm leaving to go on vacation tomorrow and this book will come with me - I'm looking forward to reading it while on the road.
Wow. This was horrific and disturbing and beautiful at the same time and I loved it. I read this in one day, but the story hasn't really left me yet. I still find myself thinking about it. Even though the language was a bit hard to get used to at first, it was something that I really admired about the novel. Even though it was one of the creepiest things I've read in a long time, I found parts of the story to be very moving and beautiful. I found myself being repulsed by the narrator at times, but ultimately liked her spirit. Thanks for sharing this intriguing read! I am waiting for an address and will send it off as soon as I get it.
Journal Entry 9 by Llednyl at -- BOOKRAY, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (5/26/2009 UTC) at -- BOOKRAY, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA
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Sent off to the next participant today.
Sent off to the next participant today.
Just received this today! Will start immediately. :)
snail mail letter sent to peacejunkie84 to see if this one can be got moving again