Nora Fjelli siterer The midnight library av Matt Haig (side 126)
21:57, 12. september 2022* Ingen har det som favoritt.
He’d also observed that part of this success was the product of being alone. ‘I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.’
And Nora felt similarly, in that moment. Although she had only been left alone for an hour at this point, she had never experienced this level of solitude before, amid such unpopulated nature.
She had thought, in her nocturnal and suicidal hours, that solitude was the problem. But that was because it hadn’t been true solitude. The lonely mind in the busy city yearns for connection because it thinks human-to-human connection is the point of everything. But amid pure nature (or the ‘tonic of wilderness’ as Thoreau called it) solitude took on a different character. It became in itself a kind of connection. A connection between herself and the world. And between her and herself.
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WINNER!! THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
When a book and a reader are meant for each other, both of them know it . . .
After the tragic death of his father, fourteen-year-old Benny Oh begins to hear voices. The voices belong to the things in his house and sound variously pleasant, angry or sad. Then his mother develops a hoarding problem, and the voices grow more clamorous. So Benny seeks refuge in the silence of a large public library. There he meets a mesmerising street artist with a smug pet ferret; a homeless philosopher-poet; and his very own Book, who narrates Benny's life and teaches him to listen to the things that truly matter.
Blending unforgettable characters with jazz, climate change and our attachment to material possessions, this is classic Ruth Ozeki - bold, humane and heartbreaking.
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'One of the most intriguing new novels of the summer.' Independent
For the sake of women everywhere, Ms Shibata is going to pull off the mother of all deceptions...
A prizewinning, thrillingly subversive debut novel from a new star of Japanese fiction, perfect for readers of Convenience Store Woman and Breasts and Eggs
'Always expect the unexpected when you're not expecting.' Sloane Crosley
'Darkly funny and surprisingly tender.' Kirsty Logan
As the only woman in her office, Ms Shibata is expected to do all the menial tasks. One day she announces that she can't clear away her coworkers' dirty cups - because she's pregnant and the smell nauseates her. The only thing is . . . Ms Shibata is not pregnant.
Pregnant Ms Shibata doesn't have to serve coffee to anyone. Pregnant Ms Shibata isn't forced to work overtime. Pregnant Ms Shibata can rest, watch TV, take long baths, and even join an aerobics class for expectant mothers. But she has a nine-month ruse to keep up. Before long, it becomes all-absorbing, and with the help of towel-stuffed shirts and a diary app that tracks every stage of her 'pregnancy', the boundary between her lie and her life begins to dissolve.
Diary of a Void will keep you turning the pages to see just how far Ms Shibata will go.
Translated from the Japanese by David Boyd and Lucy North
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From the author of international bestseller Convenience Store Woman comes a collection of short fiction: weird, out of this world and like nothing you've read before.
An engaged couple falls out over the husband's dislike of clothes and objects made from human materials; a young girl finds herself deeply enamoured with the curtain in her childhood bedroom; people honour their dead by eating them and then procreating. Published in English for the first time, this exclusive edition also includes the story that first brought Sayaka Murata international acclaim: 'A Clean Marriage', which tells the story of a happily asexual couple who must submit to some radical medical procedures if they are to conceive a longed-for child.
Mixing taboo-breaking body horror with feminist revenge fables, old ladies who love each other and young women finding empathy and transformation in unlikely places, Life Ceremony is a wild ride to the outer edges of one of the most original minds in contemporary fiction.
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This is a supremely hopeful book, one that feels important because it shows that happiness, while not always easy, is still a subject worthy of art. --Brandon Taylor, The New York Times Book Review
Japan's internationally celebrated master storyteller returns with five stories of women on their way to healing that vividly portrays the blissful moments and everyday sorrows that surround us in everyday life
First published in Japan in 2003 and never before published in the United States, Dead-End Memories collects the stories of five women who, following sudden and painful events, quietly discover their ways back to recovery.
Among the women we meet in Dead-End Memories is one betrayed by her fiancé who finds a perfect refuge in an apartment above her uncle's bar while seeking the real meaning of happiness. In "House of Ghosts," the daughter of a yoshoku restaurant owner encounters the ghosts of a sweet elderly couple who haven't yet realized that they've been dead for years. In "Tomo-chan's Happiness," an office worker who is a victim of sexual assault finally catches sight of the hope of romance.
Yoshimoto's gentle, effortless prose reminds us that one true miracle can be as simple as having someone to share a meal with, and that happiness is always within us if only we take a moment to pause and reflect. Discover this collection of what Yoshimoto herself calls the "most precious work of my writing career."
Nora Fjelli siterer Life in the city of dirty water av Clayton Thomas-Muller (side 74)
09:07, 7. april 2022 Ingen har det som favoritt.
That was what stayed with me. Being right wasn’t enough. The rules turned the right thing into a crime. The rules legitimized the desecration of the forest and took away two years of my uncles life. I learned that justice isn’t something you can count on. If you don’t do anything to change the world, it is going to keep running along the same old tracks. If you want a different outcome, you need justice to roll along different tracks. I took inspiration from a half victory.
I also took inspiration from half a loss. The bravest, strongest man I knew wasn’t quite strong enough. Alec was a warrior. He saved half a forest. I wanted to save the whole thing.
Gode romaner med tema miljø og klima. Gi gjerne tips om lignende bøker!
Nora Fjelli siterer Bewilderment av Richard Powers (side 113)
22:15, 26. oktober 2021* Ingen har det som favoritt.
Is there intelligence? my son asked. Is anything aware?
I told him no. Nothing on Stasis needed to remember much or predict much further out than now. In such steadiness, there was no great call to adjust or improvise or second-guess or model much of anything.
He thought about that. Trouble is what creates intelligence?
I said yes. Crisis and change and upheaval.
His voice turned sad and wondrous. Then we’ll never find anyone smarter than us.
Nora Fjelli siterer Bewilderment av Richard Powers (side 162)
22:10, 26. oktober 2021 Ingen har det som favoritt.
Earth had two kinds of people: those who could do the math and follow the science, and those who were happier with their own truths. But in our hearts’ daily practice, whatever schools we went to, we all lived as if tomorrow would be a clone of now.
Bøker om psykologien rundt miljø og klimaendringer. Noen veldig direkte miljø-psykologi, andre mindre direkte, men fortsatte relevante for hvordan vi tenker rundt klima.
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Martine som svar til Torill Revheim :
12:57, 29. juni 2020 Diskusjon: Juli - lesemaraton (Gilmore Girls Lesemaraton) 2020
Veldig bra liste! 😍 Noe tapt og noe vunnet skal jeg også lese i Paris-kategorien!
Jeg har fått en ny favorittbok i hylla! I denne dystre boka følger vi en familie bosatt på et fyr i Trøndelag i mellomkrigstiden. Vi får den samme tidslinjen fortalt av tre forskjellige familiemedlemmer: faren, datteren og moren.
Det er mørkt og vondt, men så bra!👏🏼 Boka har en fantastisk driv og er vanskelig å legge fra seg. At boka er basert på familiehistorien til forfatteren er ganske sjokkerende egentlig. Denne boka kommer jeg til å huske lenge!
Lydbokversjonen er også vanvittig god, innlest av Anderz Eide.
Jeg drømte inatt at han ringte på nede og jeg trykket på knappen, men i trappen tok han feil og gikk inn til deg i steden og der likte han seg, så der ble han værende, det er pent hos deg Laura, og kanskje det er enklere å elske deg fordi du er behersket, men kanskje det er ærligere og være hysterisk, jeg lurer på det, om krisen er nærmere sannheten enn kontrollen, hva tror du?
Er det mulig å formidle den freden alt startet med, når man vet hva som kommer?
Martine siterer Byens spor av Lars Saabye Christensen
14:50, 1. september 2019* Ingen har det som favoritt.
Inspektøren er fremdeles mager. Han blir ikke kvitt det han mistet.
Martine siterer Det gule bladet, den svarte pupillen av Katrine Heiberg (side 7)
13:30, 8. august 2019 Ingen har det som favoritt.
selv om natta kommer,
selv om ensomheten finnes,
bryter lyset inn:
faller på gulvet og møblene,
kler veggene, farer gjennom pupillene
og åpner meg
mot alt som skal komme
Martine som svar til Readninggirl30 :
19:39, 3. august 2019 Diskusjon: Lesehelgen 2 august- 4 august 2019
Jeg har alltid gitt veldig gode terningkast. Tror det rett og slett er fordi jeg ikke har høy terskel for å gi opp bøker som ikke fenger. Selvom jeg noen ganger skulle ønske jeg hadde mer tålmodighet.
Denne uka har jeg lest ut "klassen" av Marte spurkland som jeg begynte på forrige helg. Fantastisk fin og rørende bok. Terningkast 6. Ville lese noe i samme landskap, så neste bok ut ble "en muslimsk mors kamp" likte den også godt. Terningkast 5. Likte spesielt godt skildringene fra Vibes mat på Majorstua i Oslo. Fikk lyst til å starte butikk :) I dag trengte hjernen min noe lett, så jeg har begynt på "kunsten å høre hjerteslag", tror den kan være akkurat hva jeg trenger.
Håper dere har en fin helg!
Martine som svar til Readninggirl30 :
12:24, 27. juli 2019 Diskusjon: Lesehelgen 26 juli- 28 juli 2019
Jeg har hatt en ganske dårlig leseperiode i det siste, har ikke tall på hvor mange bøker jeg har gitt opp etter 1 time (hører lydbok). Nå har jeg forhåpentligvis kommet over kneika, har hørt 2,5 timer av "Klassen" av Marte Spurkland. Dokumentarisk om en 3.klasse på en videregående skole på østkanten i Oslo. Den minner om "tante Ulrikkes vei" syntes jeg, den elsket jeg og "klassen" liker jeg også veldig godt hittil. I helgen skal jeg høre på lydbøker med en kosete katt i armkroken. Og drikke mye vann.
God helg!
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