by Vendela Vida
Vendela Vida, also known as the wife of Dave Eggers, has written a book about Yvonne, the widow, who goes to Turkey to grieve and remember her late husband. Her destination is Datca, the place where decades before she spent her honeymoon. As Turkey is the ‘land where archaeologists came and were sta...
Vendela Vida’s novels can easily be read in a single-sitting, but they are not easily forgotten. That’s partly because her themes have universal appeal, and it’s partly because she handles her characters deftly — relentlessly engaging her readers in their lives.I have much more to say about this one...
What to say about The Lovers? It has been several weeks now, and I am still uncertain how I feel about it. If I am honest with myself, I think the true answer is that I just don't get it. I feel that the story that exists is not the one I was expecting. Rather than being about lovers, as the titl...
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