Eyl থেকে 03370 Mesples, France
Odd little grown-up fairy tales; I couldn't put the book down. My favorite story was "A Cageling Tale." It's sparse and beautiful and just a little twisted (it involves dead birds, topless dancing, and the construction of a life-size cage in which the protagonist retreats: "Not moving, she feels calm. And when you really think about it, what makes that so wrong?"). The last story, "Whitework," is also stellar. The way in which the narrator glories in her not-knowingness resonated: she becomes absorbed in a small painting of a woman. "Soon, of course, I thought of nothing else but the girl in the painting. Nightly my companion brought me a teacup of blueberry wine, and nightly I drank it, asked for another, and wondered. Who was she? Who am I? I expected no answer---nay, nay, I did not wish for one either. For in my wonder I possessed complete satisfaction." This is more or less how I feel, looking, somewhat stunned, at the world around me.
sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!