Helena Out and About

E ste é outro dos meus escritores preferidos. O senhor V. S. Naipaul ganhou o Nobel da literatura em 2001. Gostei em particular de dois livros: A curva do Rio e Sementes Mágicas. Deixo aqui uma das frases que tomei nota: "The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing. have no place in it." V.S. Naipul in: A bend in the River.

B elow is what   the review said and that’s what it is… ”hits the reader like a hammer blow . A 12-year-old Danish boy suddenly comes of age in this tense and vivid story, pregnant with hidden meaning and sexual tension ”  John Burnside