The Old Child and The Book of Words
A child is found standing on the street, with an empty bucket in her hand, and no memory of her name, her family or her past. Elsewhere, a girl grows up surrounded by familiar faces - a wet nurse, a piano teacher, a gardener, a best friend and a distant mother - but soon finds them slipping...
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A child is found standing on the street, with an empty bucket in her hand, and no memory of her name, her family or her past. Elsewhere, a girl grows up surrounded by familiar faces - a wet nurse, a piano teacher, a gardener, a best friend and a distant mother - but soon finds them slipping mysteriously from her life. In the company of these girls, we are compelled to tread the uncertain and spiky terrain of memory, where words are dropped like clues to reveal what has been hidden, forgotten or erased.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781846270581 (1846270588)
Publish date: December 1st 2008
Publisher: Portobello Books
Pages no: 192
Edition language: English
http://msarki.tumblr.com/post/56806082735/the-old-child-by-jenny-erpenbeckI have reviewed both books separately. This review deals specifically with The Old Child. The Old Child is by far the weakest link in the current Erpenbeck/Bernofsky trilogy. Not that the book was a bad read, just not up to th...
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