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Peace | Gene Wolfe

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TobeyTheScavengerMonk

Peace | Gene Wolfe

“I have sometimes thought that the reason the trees are so quiet in the summer is that they are in a sort of ecstasy; it is in winter, when the biologists tell us they sleep, that they are most awake, because the sun is gone and they are addicts without their drug, sleeping restlessly and often waking, walking the dark corridors of forests searching for the sun.”

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TobeyTheScavengerMonk

Peace | Gene Wolfe

I've read 8 novels by Gene Wolfe and EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. had an #unreliablenarrator Check out what Neil Gaiman has to say about Wolfe's writing above.

I got into Wolfe because Gaiman sung his praises, and the novel Peace is the reason the term #bookhangover was invented. I didn't know who I was when I finished, much less what exactly had happened. #MayBookFlowers

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saresmoore I can't decide if this makes me want to drop everything and read this book immediately or never, ever touch it. 7y

TobeyTheScavengerMonk @saresmoore I suppose I can't spoil anything if I don't actually know: An old man recalls his childhood in a sleepy midwestern town. But there are too many rooms in his house and no one else is around and maybe he's dead? Maybe he's a murderer? Maybe his dreams reshape reality? I will say the writing is absolutely beautiful. Whether science fiction or horror, all his books are dreamlike and lovely as long as you don't worry about answers. 7y

saresmoore Well, that sounds amazing. Anyway, as The Doctor says, "I try never to understand. It's called having an open mind." 7y

RealLifeReading Ok that sounds fantastic! 7y

PirateJenny Sounds great. I do love the Wolfe I've read but this one slipped past my radar. 7y

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