The Life to Come
Registered by tantan of Melbourne CBD, Victoria Australia on 10/6/2018
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
3 journalers for this copy...
From the back cover:
Set in Sydney, Paris and Sri Lanka, The Life to Come is a mesmerising novel about the stories we tell and don't tell ourselves as individuals, as societies and as nations. It feels at once firmly classic and exhilaratingly contemporary.
Pippa is a writer who longs for success. Céleste tries to convince herself that her feelings for her married lover are reciprocated. Ash makes strategic use of his childhood in Sri Lanka but blots out the memory of a tragedy from that time. Driven by riveting stories and unforgettable characters, here is a dazzling meditation on intimacy, loneliness and our flawed perception of other people.
Profoundly moving as well as wickedly funny, The Life to Come reveals how the shadows cast by both the past and the future can transform, distort and undo the present. This extraordinary novel by Miles Franklin-winning author Michelle de Kretser will strike to your soul.
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I really enjoyed this book. The author has a wonderful way with words, describing places, characters, and events from unusual and thought-provoking perspectives.
Set in Sydney, Paris and Sri Lanka, The Life to Come is a mesmerising novel about the stories we tell and don't tell ourselves as individuals, as societies and as nations. It feels at once firmly classic and exhilaratingly contemporary.
Pippa is a writer who longs for success. Céleste tries to convince herself that her feelings for her married lover are reciprocated. Ash makes strategic use of his childhood in Sri Lanka but blots out the memory of a tragedy from that time. Driven by riveting stories and unforgettable characters, here is a dazzling meditation on intimacy, loneliness and our flawed perception of other people.
Profoundly moving as well as wickedly funny, The Life to Come reveals how the shadows cast by both the past and the future can transform, distort and undo the present. This extraordinary novel by Miles Franklin-winning author Michelle de Kretser will strike to your soul.
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I really enjoyed this book. The author has a wonderful way with words, describing places, characters, and events from unusual and thought-provoking perspectives.
thankyou tantan for sending me this parcel of books to share
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Journal Entry 3 by LadyIndigo at Wishlist RABCK, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Released 3 yrs ago (10/28/2020 UTC) at Wishlist RABCK, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases
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happy reading
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Received, thank you! I also appreciated the nice old-fashioned letter, to which I will most certainly respond. I have lent this to a friend, as I am still reading A Christian Peace Experiment, by Ian Randall.
Journal Entry 5 by readinghelps at Inverell Transit Centre in Inverell, New South Wales Australia on Thursday, November 26, 2020
Released 3 yrs ago (11/27/2020 UTC) at Inverell Transit Centre in Inverell, New South Wales Australia
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Left on a bench. Safe travels, little book!