Defter
Two from twelve...now one sixth into 'A Dance to the Music of Time," Powell's multi-novel saga. In this one, Nick Jenkins starts his adult life while still unformed. Once again, central characters weave into the story in seemingly random fashion and others filter out for the moment, just as life goes. Throughout, Powell maintains a bemused and amused take on those characters' passions and pretensions. And he offers pithy commentary on the entire process: '…[C:]ertain acquaintances remain firmly fixed within this or that person’s particular orbit; a law which seems to lead inexorably to the conclusion that the often repeated saying that people can choose their friends is true only in a most limited degree.'
2023-06-28 00:48
I got this book at the library because I adore Shaun Tan's artwork. I knew nothing about the story, and read it for the first time with my five-year-old. We were a little surprised by the serious nature of the book, and we both found it to be a much sadder story than most children's books, but it ended up being a good tool for introducing the subject of colonization to my son. And, as always, Tan's illustrations are amazingly rich and detailed and inventive.
2020-12-21 04:37
This story is just so funny. Told from the wolf's perspective, I laughed for the entire time it took to read. I can't say that the wolf convinces me of his innocence, but he does a good job trying!
2020-08-21 19:53