The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger is an amazing love story between a woman and a man with a genetic disorder that makes him time travel randomly.
Main characters:
Henry DeTamble - a librarian at the Newberry Library in Chicago
Clare Abshire - artist, makes paper sculptures
The novel is narrated in first-person, switching between Clare's point of view and Henry's. Henry begins time traveling at the age of five, jumping forward and backward relative to his own timeline. He is unable to control his travels: when he leaves, where he goes, or how long his trip will last. His destinations are tied to his subconscious—he most often travels to places and times related to his own history. Certain stimuli such as stress can trigger Henry's time traveling; he often goes jogging to keep calm and remain in the present. He also searches out pharmaceuticals in the future that may be able to help control his time traveling. Henry cannot take anything with him into the future or the past; he always arrives naked and then struggles to find clothing, shelter and food.
What I like about this story, is that it starts with older Henry time traveling to 6 year old Clare. She simply believes him that he can travel in time, and thus their love story begins. When Clare is 20, she finally meets Henry from her present, who does not know her and has not lived any of the moments from Clare's childhood. It is a story about discovery, love and relationships.
Beautiful love story.......very sad!
Showing posts with label Books. Show all posts
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Saturday, December 12, 2009
Saturday, April 4, 2009
The Books that I have read: The Chronicles Of Narnia
The Chronicles of Narnia includes seven novels written by C. S. Lewis:
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe:
Main characters:
Peter
Susan
Edmund
Lucy - brothers and sisters that travel to Narnia
White Witch - evil character
Aslan - creator of Narnia
the weird Professor - guardian to the children, knows about Narnia
Summary:
During the World War II, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy end up staying with a weird professor. In his house, they discover a magic wardrobe that takes them to the world of Narnia, which is under an evil spell made by the White Witch. The four children helped by Aslan defeat the White Witch and become the Kings and Queens of Narnia. They spend many happy years in Narnia until by accident they find the entrance to the wardrobe again and they return to reality exactly the moment they left.
Love this quote: "always winter, never Christmas".
| Publication order | Chronological order |
|---|---|
| The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | The Magician's Nephew |
| Prince Caspian | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe |
| The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | The Horse and His Boy |
| The Silver Chair | Prince Caspian |
| The Horse and His Boy | The Voyage of the Dawn Treader |
| The Magician's Nephew | The Silver Chair |
| The Last Battle | The Last Battle |
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe:
Main characters:
Peter
Susan
Edmund
Lucy - brothers and sisters that travel to Narnia
White Witch - evil character
Aslan - creator of Narnia
the weird Professor - guardian to the children, knows about Narnia
Summary:
During the World War II, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy end up staying with a weird professor. In his house, they discover a magic wardrobe that takes them to the world of Narnia, which is under an evil spell made by the White Witch. The four children helped by Aslan defeat the White Witch and become the Kings and Queens of Narnia. They spend many happy years in Narnia until by accident they find the entrance to the wardrobe again and they return to reality exactly the moment they left.
Love this quote: "always winter, never Christmas".
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