Oyster
Registered by symphonicca of Ottawa, Ontario Canada on 11/7/2010
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
Picked this up for cheap at the second-hand bookstore on Rue de Midi.
From the back: "By cunning intention, and sometimes by discreet bribery, Outer Maroo has managed to keep itself off the map. And yet people do stumble into town, because the seduction of nowhere is hard to resist.
Opal draws most of them. The word itself is like a charm. You can stroke a word like opal. You can taste it. You can swallow it whole, raw and silky, like an oyster. And then Oyster can reel you in.
Cooooooooooooooooooooool. Looking forward to this one! Lots of great reviews on the cover, etc... will get to it soon.
From the back: "By cunning intention, and sometimes by discreet bribery, Outer Maroo has managed to keep itself off the map. And yet people do stumble into town, because the seduction of nowhere is hard to resist.
Opal draws most of them. The word itself is like a charm. You can stroke a word like opal. You can taste it. You can swallow it whole, raw and silky, like an oyster. And then Oyster can reel you in.
Cooooooooooooooooooooool. Looking forward to this one! Lots of great reviews on the cover, etc... will get to it soon.
Journal Entry 2 by symphonicca at Bruxelles / Brussel, Bruxelles / Brussel Belgium on Thursday, January 13, 2011
Hmmm.... this was a weird book: so intense, yet so slow... yet so well written... yet so hard to read in some ways. It was good--- there was a huge amount of quality writing, great language, allegories, dynamic characters, etc....
I think maybe it was the story itself, and how it unfolded--- we didn't really learn enough information at the beginning, and at some point you need to throw a dog a bone and give the reader something to keep the story moving. It just felt so slow and plodding sometimes. But at other time so overwhelming and human and sublime.
Sooooo.... very well written, distinct voices, characters and stories. Such as Mercy, and her secret ghost Ms. Rover, Jess finding her voice, the town full of manipulated silence, car bombs, unearthly opal, religious fervor, fear and rebellion. We never really get to know Oyster too well, even towards the end when the story starts to really unfold a bit. His character was one of charicature, but then maybe he was supposed to be--- no one could know him or touch him, even the reader.
Anyway, a good book, but a long book and a difficult story to get into. If it had not been for the great writing, i probably would have abandoned it part way through. But the writing was worth it. Hope the next reader enjoys!
I think maybe it was the story itself, and how it unfolded--- we didn't really learn enough information at the beginning, and at some point you need to throw a dog a bone and give the reader something to keep the story moving. It just felt so slow and plodding sometimes. But at other time so overwhelming and human and sublime.
Sooooo.... very well written, distinct voices, characters and stories. Such as Mercy, and her secret ghost Ms. Rover, Jess finding her voice, the town full of manipulated silence, car bombs, unearthly opal, religious fervor, fear and rebellion. We never really get to know Oyster too well, even towards the end when the story starts to really unfold a bit. His character was one of charicature, but then maybe he was supposed to be--- no one could know him or touch him, even the reader.
Anyway, a good book, but a long book and a difficult story to get into. If it had not been for the great writing, i probably would have abandoned it part way through. But the writing was worth it. Hope the next reader enjoys!
Journal Entry 3 by symphonicca at Thermae Boetfort in Steenokkerzeel, Vlaams-Brabant / Brabant Flamant Belgium on Saturday, January 22, 2011
Released 13 yrs ago (1/22/2011 UTC) at Thermae Boetfort in Steenokkerzeel, Vlaams-Brabant / Brabant Flamant Belgium
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Will be leaving this at the spa Thermae Boetfort around noon, before launching into a day of relaxation with some friends to celebrate a birthday. Divine...... Take that Oyster! :)
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WELCOME TO BOOKCROSSING!
To the finder of this book:
Hello and congratulations! You have not only found yourself a good book, but a whole community of booklovers dedicated to sharing books with each other and the world at large.
Feel free to read and keep this book, pass it on to a friend or even set it out "in the wild" for someone else to discover, just like you did.
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