Turtle Diary
by:
Russell Hoban (author)
In the aquarium at the London Zoo, three sea turtles swim endlessly in 'their little bedsitter of ocean'. Two lonely people, William G and Neaera H, become obsessed with the turtles' captivity, and resolve to rescue them and release them in to the sea. William's and Neaera's diaries tell the...
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In the aquarium at the London Zoo, three sea turtles swim endlessly in 'their little bedsitter of ocean'. Two lonely people, William G and Neaera H, become obsessed with the turtles' captivity, and resolve to rescue them and release them in to the sea. William's and Neaera's diaries tell the story of how they achieve the turtles' freedom, and in the process re-define their own lives.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780747548317 (0747548315)
Publish date: September 4th 2000
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Pages no: 182
Edition language: English
Read this a long time ago. May be time to read it again. Came to mind because I heard of another book by him - Riddley Walker - that I want to read.
Rec via Ed Park intro excerpted in Slate.
Two people, stuck in their respective lives, are suffering from a sort of middle aged slump. The high points of their lives are going to the London Zoo and occasionally their respective literary professions. Neaera H. is a children's book writer who watches her water bug looking for inspiration for ...
Review published in 3:AM Magazine: http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/turtle-zen/It would be understandable to expect Russell Hoban’s Turtle Diary to be a light-hearted romantic comedy, one where two lonely protagonists come together over a crazy caper, a plan to set free the sea turtles in the London Z...
I read this for a class, but at a time when I was so busy that I won't really count it as read until I give it another go.
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