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My son read a very brief excerpt about Owney in one of his core reading books and liked it so much I checked the library to see if there were other books about Owney.
We found this one, which was terrific! Warning, if you are a sucker for dog stories you will feel very sentimental at the end.
We found this one, which was terrific! Warning, if you are a sucker for dog stories you will feel very sentimental at the end.
Loved it! Can't believe I never read this one as a kid.
A truly wonderful book I'd never heard of. Book 95 on James Mustich's list for me, trying to get over 100 before the end of the year.
This is a short novel but by no means a quick read about WW1 vet who is hired on to rehabilitate a frescoed wall in a medieval Yorkshire chapel.
This passage stopped me in my tracks:
"As far as I'm concerned me might have gone round the corner and died. But that goes for most of us, doesn't it? We look blankly at each other. Here I am, here you are. What are we doing here? What do you suppose it's all about? Let's dream on. Yes, that's my Dad and Mum over there on the piano top. My eldest boy is on the mantelpiece. That cushion cover was embroidered by my cousin Sarah only a month before she passed on. I go to work at eight and come home at five-thirty. When I retire they'll give me a clock - with my name engraved on the back. Now you know all about me. Go away: I've forgotten you already."
This is a short novel but by no means a quick read about WW1 vet who is hired on to rehabilitate a frescoed wall in a medieval Yorkshire chapel.
This passage stopped me in my tracks:
"As far as I'm concerned me might have gone round the corner and died. But that goes for most of us, doesn't it? We look blankly at each other. Here I am, here you are. What are we doing here? What do you suppose it's all about? Let's dream on. Yes, that's my Dad and Mum over there on the piano top. My eldest boy is on the mantelpiece. That cushion cover was embroidered by my cousin Sarah only a month before she passed on. I go to work at eight and come home at five-thirty. When I retire they'll give me a clock - with my name engraved on the back. Now you know all about me. Go away: I've forgotten you already."
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Took me 6 months to finish this.
I thought a lot about Katje, Roger, Jessica. The episode with Tyrone wearing the pig costume for the feast day was interesting. I liked their vignettes. I don't really care for/get postmodern writing, so as the book had less and less narrative structure I enjoyed it less and less. I can only take so many interludes where Thomas Pynchon compares absolutely everything to an erection.
At the end of the day, I don't really owe anything to a book. So I debated putting this down but I knew I would absolutely never revisit it if I did so I just powered through.
I thought a lot about Katje, Roger, Jessica. The episode with Tyrone wearing the pig costume for the feast day was interesting. I liked their vignettes. I don't really care for/get postmodern writing, so as the book had less and less narrative structure I enjoyed it less and less. I can only take so many interludes where Thomas Pynchon compares absolutely everything to an erection.
At the end of the day, I don't really owe anything to a book. So I debated putting this down but I knew I would absolutely never revisit it if I did so I just powered through.
