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Good Night
Jan. 4th, 2019 12:07 am
Jan. 4th, 2019
A rare lie-in this morning. Watched a few episodes of STV and with Netflix automatically playing the next episode option on, I suddenly realised I was still watching during the night.
Anyway, it is another crisp dry sunshine filled day. Popping into town to get some provisions. Will walk it today.
Anyway, it is another crisp dry sunshine filled day. Popping into town to get some provisions. Will walk it today.
Megan Hunter "The End We Start From" (Picador)
I completed this short novella in two sessions in between watching Voyager on Netflix.
Humanity lies at the heart of the dystopian story. Why does she say ‘’presumed’’ to refer to a past incident? An accident we all have faced, especially when commuting daily. Is the spreading of inhumanity and personal isolation one of the signs and causes of disaster? Perhaps we need to face a universal catastrophe in order to realise how wrong we have been, how imprisoned in our microcosm? The mother doesn’t answer her own questions, she contemplates, tries to find something that could possibly make sense and hold on until a new day dawns.
To talk about themes, characters and language in this book seem to, in my opinion, be dry and completely unnecessary. There is no dialogue, only short sentences that reminded me of the best examples of existential poetry. And yet, in two short paragraphs, there is more character development than we meet in whole chapters in other books. The mother’s voice is completely humane, sometimes desperate, most of the times calm and acute.
The story of Noah from the Old Testament, the Greek myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha are constantly used in the narration. Most civilizations have their own myth of the Flood as a punishment for the avarice of men. Perhaps, mankind has been afraid of the power of water since the beginning of Time, perhaps we’ve known the damage we cause to everything that was given to us. There are also many references to myths of the Creation from many different cultures.
I don't think that anyone who is going to read this novel will manage to remain indifferent. It is a beautiful book, with a moving, profound and hopeful conclusion.
I completed this short novella in two sessions in between watching Voyager on Netflix.
Humanity lies at the heart of the dystopian story. Why does she say ‘’presumed’’ to refer to a past incident? An accident we all have faced, especially when commuting daily. Is the spreading of inhumanity and personal isolation one of the signs and causes of disaster? Perhaps we need to face a universal catastrophe in order to realise how wrong we have been, how imprisoned in our microcosm? The mother doesn’t answer her own questions, she contemplates, tries to find something that could possibly make sense and hold on until a new day dawns.
To talk about themes, characters and language in this book seem to, in my opinion, be dry and completely unnecessary. There is no dialogue, only short sentences that reminded me of the best examples of existential poetry. And yet, in two short paragraphs, there is more character development than we meet in whole chapters in other books. The mother’s voice is completely humane, sometimes desperate, most of the times calm and acute.
The story of Noah from the Old Testament, the Greek myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha are constantly used in the narration. Most civilizations have their own myth of the Flood as a punishment for the avarice of men. Perhaps, mankind has been afraid of the power of water since the beginning of Time, perhaps we’ve known the damage we cause to everything that was given to us. There are also many references to myths of the Creation from many different cultures.
I don't think that anyone who is going to read this novel will manage to remain indifferent. It is a beautiful book, with a moving, profound and hopeful conclusion.
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