People disappear when they die. Their voice, their laughter, the warmth of their breath. Their flesh. Eventually their bones. All living memory of them ceases. This is both dreadful and natural. Yet for some there is an exception fo this annihilation.
For in the books they write they continue to exist. We can rediscover them. Their humour, their tone of voice, their moods. Through the written word they can anger you or make you happy. They can comfort you. They can perplex you. They can alter you. All this, even though they are dead. Like flies in amber, like corpses frozen in ice, that which according to the laws of nature should pass away is, by the miracle of ink on paper, preserved. It is a kind of magic.
--- The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
The Thirteenth Tale
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2 comments:
is that what you're reading now? should i read it?
this is the book I am reading and enjoying. haven't been enjoying a book like this for a long time.
the book is nothing philosophical but plain storytelling. not quite something that goes along with your bookself? ^-^
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