Results tagged “Everything is Illuminated” from Liverpool Echo - First Rule of Book Club
What a book.
Everything is Illuminated was Jonathan Safran Foer's first novel and sickeningly, he was only 25 when he wrote it.
I'll admit it now. I adored every word. It's funny, sweet, tantalising, confusing, clever, devastating...and a little weird...
Just returned from holiday and, of course, I stashed a few books in my luggage!
I grabbed The Piano Teacher at Manchester Airport, concerned the three I'd packed (Outliers, Everything is Illuminated and The White Tiger) wouldn't be enough.
It was lucky I did, I finished the last book the day after we landed home so I judged it exactly right.
Soooo, why choose it? ...
One of my favourite possessions is a 100-year-old - I think it was actually printed in 1897 - copy of the complete works of William Shakespeare.
The book is brown and hardback with gold lettering and inside is an inscription, wishing the original owner a very happy birthday on that day all those years ago.
I must admit, the copy is slightly bashed, but I think that only adds to its charm.
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Vicki Kellaway - a Merseyside reporter who would happily spend her days lounging about and reading - if she won the lottery. Vicki's in a book club, which consists of six girls who meet once a month to discuss their latest tome, drink a few glasses of wine and eat far too much cheese.
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