Amazing. And exactly right about this book.  For me the novel I compare all others to is The English Patient, by Michael Ondaatje and mixed in there (written about the same era) Moon Tiger, by Penelope Lively. I had just read Herodotus myself when I first TEP, and I imagined traveling to Africa in a twin engine plane — I could feel the dryness and the pain.  So lovely. snprickett: tulletulle: a beautifully written explanation of why I like TVS so much by Paul Clemens, penpal to Jeffrey Eugenides, from the Official Virgin Suicides Zine Okay, NEW BEST THING ON THE INTERNET, everybody. Have a good weekend. xo
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Amazing. And exactly right about this book. 

For me the novel I compare all others to is The English Patient, by Michael Ondaatje and mixed in there (written about the same era) Moon Tiger, by Penelope Lively.

I had just read Herodotus myself when I first TEP, and I imagined traveling to Africa in a twin engine plane — I could feel the dryness and the pain.  So lovely.

snprickett:

tulletulle:

a beautifully written explanation of why I like TVS so much by Paul Clemens, penpal to Jeffrey Eugenides, from the Official Virgin Suicides Zine

Okay, NEW BEST THING ON THE INTERNET, everybody. Have a good weekend. xo

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