To be honest I have no clue what I just read. The story is pretty clear but there‘s so much going on around it. In linguistics, in plot, in characters, in layers. Maybe it‘s good but it was hard to keep track and I lacked motivation towards the end.
To be honest I have no clue what I just read. The story is pretty clear but there‘s so much going on around it. In linguistics, in plot, in characters, in layers. Maybe it‘s good but it was hard to keep track and I lacked motivation towards the end.
#WhereAreYouMonday
I am in Bialowieza, a Polish village at the edge of the primeval forest and five miles from the Belarusian border.
I‘ve come here looking for Irena Rey!
When the Nazis launched an attack on education, libraries and books, the Polish people fought back. This is the story of young women who banded together, hiding and smuggling books in any way that they could, so that people could still read. Fascism tried to stamp out Jewish people and books once before. It is trying to stamp out other people and even more books again. This is a fictional book based on real events, but it should serve as a ⬇️
What might be for erased from the world‘s knowledge with the destruction of just a single book? And what of hundreds of books? Thousands of books?
This quoteable little gem was philosophical, convincing, well-characterised, and eccentric. I truly appreciated it.
It did, however, take me far too long to finish. I struggled to stay focused. My mind just kept wandering.
If you want to watch me say a variation of the above out loud, click on the link below 🤣🤣
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-_WxKMoDHB/?igsh=anppNHlxM29rdGFn
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