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Just nu håller jag på att läsa Susan Hills
Howards End is on the Landing. På baksidan kan man läsa följande om handlingen:
Early one autumn afternoon in pursuit of an elusive book on her shelves, Susan Hill encountered dozens of others that she had never read, or forgotten she owned, or wanted to read for a second time. The discovery inspired her to embark on a year-long voyage through her books, forsaking new purchases in order to get to know her own collection again. A book which is left on a shelf for a decade is a dead thing, but it is also a chrysalis, packed with the potential to burst into new life. Wandering through her house that day, Hill's eyes were opened to how much of that life was stored in her home, neglected for years. "Howard's End is on the Landing" charts the journey of one of the nation's most accomplished authors as she revisits the conversations, libraries and bookshelves of the past that have informed a lifetime of reading and writing.
Det är en speciell bok, roligt att på ett sådant intimt sätt lära känna någon annans samling av böcker. Dessutom med roliga och fina anekdoter om en del författare. Mitt citat är hämtat från sid 29:
I had started my journey in Indian Summer weather but two days later we had a monsoon, with dark grey clouds like lead balloons weighing down the sky, so I spread some of my favourite pop-up books on the kitchen table, to play with them there
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