Turtle Diary
by:
Russell Hoban (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780330250504 (0330250507)
Publish date: December 12th 1998
Publisher: Macmillan
Pages no: 192
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.