like Love Medicine. Louise Erdrich is one of the finest writers in our generation. Her books are so full of beauty and wisdom.
I am still slogging through Julie Orringer's book, The Invisible Bridge, and beyond bored with it, but keep thinking that the pace will pick up for the moonstruck characters once WWII begins. I've been reading it for 2 weeks and just now 1/2 way through. I hate to abandon it, but might go on to something new this week if it starts losing its appeal.
I was reading Book Page and found a book that you might like, hermetic. It is Everything I Don't Remember by Jonas Hassen Khemiri. Remembering that you liked Scandinavian writers, this one is a mystery and winner of the August Prize, Sweden's most prestigious literary honor. It should be released this week. Here's a bit from amazon: Dazzling, inventive, witty: a writer pieces together the story of a young man's death in an exhilarating narrative puzzle reminiscent of the hit podcast Serial A young man called Samuel dies, but was it an accident or suicide? An unnamed writer with an agenda of his own sets out to piece together Samuel's story. Through conversations with friends, relatives and neighbours, a portrait emerges: the loving grandchild, the reluctant bureaucrat, the loyal friend, the contrived poser. The young man who would do anything for his girlfriend Laide and share everything with his friend Vandad. Until Vandad, marginalised and broke, desperate to get closer to Samuel, drives a wedge between the friends, and Samuel loses them both. Everything I Don't Remember is an enthralling tale of love and memory. It is also the story of a writer who, in filling out the contours of Samuel's life, is trying to grasp a universal truth - in the end, how do we account for the substance of a life? 'With its energetic prose and innovative structure, Everything I Don't Remember confirms that Jonas Hassen Khemiri is not only one of Sweden's best authors, but a great talent of our time' Vendela Vida, author of The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty.
Happy week of reading!
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