When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris …
Wonderful
5 stars
This book is amazing. The play between image and text is, how should I put it… like a children's book for adults of all ages 🙂
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He/his. French reader, interested in many things, mostly comic books though.
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Notabene (Stephane) commented on Seeing Voices by Oliver Sacks
Like The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, this is a fascinating voyage …
Currently stopped 'Seeing voices'. I had started it last summer, and it's very interesting but very academic in its writing. But very interesting. I will definitely come back to it.
Notabene (Stephane) commented on The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Passionate,profound, and deeply moving, The Hours is the story of three women: Clarissa Vaughan, who …
Starting 'The Hours' — a bit literary and sad (like previous century), will see how it goes. I don't dislike literary stuff ('Cloud Atlas' for instance), but maybe it's not the right time, what with lockdown etc. I may want something lighter.