"Richard Parker has stayed with me. I've never forgotten him. Dare I say I miss him? I do. I miss him. I still see him in my dreams. They are nightmares mostly, but nightmares tinged with love. Such is the strangeness of the human heart. I still cannot understand how he could abandon me so unceremoniously, without any sort of goodbye, without looking back even. That pain is like an axe that chops at my heart."
- Yann Martel
from Life of Pi
Strange book. But good. It's been about two years since I read it. Richard Parker is not what you probably think he is.
My mom really loves this book and desperately wants me to read it. So it's currently in a pile of books in my room where it's been for like the past...five months.
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ReplyDeleteI actually heard of this book somewhere. I think LittleRed reccommended it?
I read this a while ago, too - it was definitely very interesting, though :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Maribeth. :) I'm pretty sure LR never recommended it, but it's quite well-known.
ReplyDeleteThat quote is really good.
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