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A review by brooke_last_seen_reading
A Single Rose by Muriel Barbery
challenging
emotional
hopeful
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
"...if you're not prepared to suffer, you're not prepared to live" (p.42).
"Maybe life is no more than a picture you can see from behind a tree. We are offered life as a whole, but we can only see it through a succession of viewpoints. Depression makes you blind to perspectives. Life as a whole crushes you" (p.69).
"I'm a pile of dirty laundry abandoned on an empty counter..." (p.110).
I wish I could read the work of Muriel Barbery in the original French but as I can't, I will sing the praises of Alison Anderson who translates the words to English.
#ASingleRose #FrenchLiterature #Translation
"Maybe life is no more than a picture you can see from behind a tree. We are offered life as a whole, but we can only see it through a succession of viewpoints. Depression makes you blind to perspectives. Life as a whole crushes you" (p.69).
"I'm a pile of dirty laundry abandoned on an empty counter..." (p.110).
I wish I could read the work of Muriel Barbery in the original French but as I can't, I will sing the praises of Alison Anderson who translates the words to English.
#ASingleRose #FrenchLiterature #Translation