Category Archives: Siri Hustvedt

A Plea for Eros by Siri Hustvedt

Posted on April 9, 2019 by bookbii

“I have always loved libraries – the quiet, the smell, the expectation of imminent discovery. In the next book I will find it – some unspeakable pleasure or startling revelation or extraordinary nuance I had never felt or thought of … Continue reading →

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The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt

Posted on December 7, 2016 by bookbii

I remember when The Blazing World was longlisted for the MAN Booker Prize and I wanted to read it then, I think I even borrowed it from the library and then didn’t read it which, in my endless questing for … Continue reading →

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Living, Thinking, Looking by Siri Hustvedt

Posted on October 16, 2016 by bookbii

You might be thinking that I’m a little bit obsessed with Siri Hustvedt by now, and you would probably be right. This is how I like to roll with my reading. I read a book and then it reminds me … Continue reading →

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The Summer Without Men by Siri Hustvedt

Posted on October 5, 2016 by bookbii

“It is impossible to divine a story while you are living it; it is shapeless; an inchoate procession of words and things, and let us be frank: we never recover what was. Most of it vanishes. And yet as I … Continue reading →

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