“Love cannot be reduced to a catalogue of reasons why, and a catalogue of reasons cannot be put together into love.”
Work
Winner of the Man Booker Prize of 2013. Wonderful novel taking place in New-Zealand during the golden rush. Une intrigue complexe et fine à la fois, vrai roman d'aventure historique mais pas seulement. L'auteur s'amuse avec nous et nous mène de révélations en révélations tout en nous laissant à la fin du livre avec une grande envie de continuer dans le monde qu'elle a créé pour nous.
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Eleanor Catton
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“Love cannot be reduced to a catalogue of reasons why, and a catalogue of reasons cannot be put together into love.”
“In his person Gascoigne showed a curious amalgam of classes, high and low. He had cultivated his mind with the same grave discipline with which he now maintained his toilette—which is to say...”