Saturday
Registered by glitterbee of Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz Germany on 1/26/2010
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
"In the predawn sky on a Saturday morning, London neurosurgeon Henry Perowne sees a plane with a wing afire streaking toward Heathrow. His first thought is terrorism - especially since this is the day of a public demonstration against the pending Iraq war. Eventually, danger to Perowne and his family will come from another source, but the plane turns out to be a harbinger of a world forever changed. Meanwhile, the reader follows Perowne through his day, mainly via an interior monologue. At the end of the day the ominous pall that has hovered over the narrative explodes into violence, and Perowne's sense that the world has become "a commuity of anxiety" plays out in suspense, delusion, heroism and reconciliation. The tension throughout the novel between science (Perowne's surgery) and art (his daughter is a poet; his son a musician) culminates in a synthesis of the two, and a grave, hopeful, meaningful, transcendent ending." (amazon)
I read this book for a lit class and overall I did enjoy reading it. It seemed a bit long at times, the whole book telling the events of one day, February 15, 2003. But I think that it is remarkably well written and I am sure I'll read another book by Ian McEwan sometime.
I read this book for a lit class and overall I did enjoy reading it. It seemed a bit long at times, the whole book telling the events of one day, February 15, 2003. But I think that it is remarkably well written and I am sure I'll read another book by Ian McEwan sometime.
Journal Entry 2 by glitterbee at BART train in -- Trains, tubes, metro, buses, California USA on Monday, March 22, 2010
Released 14 yrs ago (3/21/2010 UTC) at BART train in -- Trains, tubes, metro, buses, California USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
To the Finder of this Book -
Hello and congratulations! You have not only found yourself a book, but a whole community of booklovers dedicated to sharing books. Stick around a bit and get to know BookCrossing - maybe even make a journal entry on this book, journal entries make every bookcrosser VERY happy! You may choose to remain anonymous or to join (it's free!). Feel free to read and keep this book, or to pass it on to a friend or even set it free "in the wild" for someone else to find as you did. If you do choose to join and journal, you can watch the book as it travels - you'll be alerted by email each time someone makes another journal entry. It's all confidential (you're known only by your screen name and no one is ever given your email address), free, and spam-free. Happy reading!
Left on BART to Richmond.
To the Finder of this Book -
Hello and congratulations! You have not only found yourself a book, but a whole community of booklovers dedicated to sharing books. Stick around a bit and get to know BookCrossing - maybe even make a journal entry on this book, journal entries make every bookcrosser VERY happy! You may choose to remain anonymous or to join (it's free!). Feel free to read and keep this book, or to pass it on to a friend or even set it free "in the wild" for someone else to find as you did. If you do choose to join and journal, you can watch the book as it travels - you'll be alerted by email each time someone makes another journal entry. It's all confidential (you're known only by your screen name and no one is ever given your email address), free, and spam-free. Happy reading!
Left on BART to Richmond.
