The style of the writing is well-suited to the point of view of a young teenager growing up in Poland circa 1980-90. The metaphor of "unripe fruit" as a way of describing lives that have not thrived or reached a potential or even a maturity, will stay with me.
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Bookmaven reviewed Swallowing Mercury by Wioletta Greg
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The style of the writing is well-suited to the point of view of a young teenager growing up in Poland circa 1980-90. The metaphor of "unripe fruit" as a way of describing lives that have not thrived or reached a potential or even a maturity, will stay with me.
Bookmaven finished reading Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking by Anya Von Bremzen
Bookmaven finished reading Zone One by Colson Whitehead
Bookmaven finished reading Forty Signs of Rain (Science in the Capital #1) by Kim Stanley Robinson
Forty Signs of Rain (Science in the Capital #1) by Kim Stanley Robinson
Forty Signs of Rain (2004) is the first book in the hard science fiction "Science in the Capital" trilogy by …
Bookmaven finished reading The Orphanage by Serhiy Zhadan
Bookmaven finished reading The true story of Hansel and Gretel by Louise Murphy
Bookmaven finished reading Afterland by Lauren Beukes
Bookmaven finished reading Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
Bookmaven finished reading Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (The Maddaddam trilogy Series, #1)
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (The Maddaddam trilogy Series, #1)
Oryx and Crake is a 2003 novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. She has described the novel as speculative fiction …
Bookmaven finished reading Technopoly by Neil Postman
Technopoly by Neil Postman
With characteristic wit and candor, Neil Postman, our most astute and engaging cultural critic, launches a trenchant--and harrowing--warning against the …
Bookmaven finished reading The Lathe Of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Lathe Of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
“The Lathe of Heaven” ; 1971 ( Ursula Le Guin received the 1973 Locus Award for this story) George Orr …
Bookmaven finished reading The Value of Everything by Mariana Mazzucato
Bookmaven finished reading Flight behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
Flight behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
Tired of living in oppressive poverty, bored housewife Dellarobia Turnbow, on the way to meet a lover, is detoured by …
Bookmaven finished reading The Echo Maker by Richard Powers
The Echo Maker by Richard Powers
On a winter night on a remote Nebraska road, 27-year-old Mark Schluter flips his truck in a near-fatal accident. His …