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Denis Thériault

Teoksen The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman tekijä

8 teosta 312 jäsentä 45 arvostelua

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Yleistieto

Kanoninen nimi
Thériault, Denis
Syntymäaika
1959
Sukupuoli
male
Kansalaisuus
Canada
Ammatit
Screen-writer

Jäseniä

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Picked this up in the library as it wasn't very big and I was looking for something not written in english.
It was enchanting and very quick to read. The writing (and translation) were fantastic, the prose is as poetic as the poetry, delightful to read at all levels.
 
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mjhunt | 31 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jan 22, 2021 |
This was a gorgeous little read, reminded me very much of Murakami ❤️ I'm not the biggest fan of haiku poetry which is a major theme of the book but I still enjoyed it ☺️
 
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MandaTheStrange | 31 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Oct 7, 2020 |
As I started to read the book, it seems to be a simple life story of a postman who loves his job and life. Bilodo is a 27 year old postman whose life is filled with his job and his love for calligraphy. However he has a peculiar habit of secretly taking letters home and opening them to read and make copies before resealing them to be delivered the next day.

In the process, he falls in love with one of the correspondents whose letters he has intercepted. She writes only haiku to a man, Grandpre, on Bilodo’s route. As Bilodo love for this woman grew, so does his obsession for her. He goes out of his way to learn everything about her, including her love for haiku. Absorbing himself in form and essence of haiku. One day an accident causes Bilodo’s world come crashing down and the story turns bizarre, dark and ghostly.

I find the story simple yet passionate, as the story between two people who has never met grows with intensity. Using the cadences of haiku as a metaphor for the rhythms of making love builds on this intensity.
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alichea413 | 31 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Sep 21, 2020 |
My January 2015 Staff pick at Literati Bookstore. Good Reads says it best.

A new favorite author!
 
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ShannonRose4 | 31 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Sep 15, 2020 |

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Teokset
8
Jäseniä
312
Suosituimmuussija
#75,595
Arvio (tähdet)
½ 3.5
Kirja-arvosteluja
45
ISBN:t
38
Kielet
7

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