No. 91/92
Book description
A love letter to Paris written in iPhone notes and in the troubling intimacy of public transport post-Charlie Hebdo attacks, Lauren Elkin's diary of a year on a Parisian bus pays homage to Georges Perec and Annie Ernaux. In this chronicle of the ordinary makings of a city and its…
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Why read it?
1 author picked No. 91/92 as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
On a routine bus ride through Paris, Lauren takes us in and out of the lives of the strangers she sits across from. She takes us into her thoughts and into her own life. She talks about politics and poetry and shows us the immense beauty of little things, little moments, these little nothings of our lives.
It was such a simple, such a rich read, and every line is sparse and true. I finished it and started again immediately.
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