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[aesc]

Turkey sandwiches an excellent source of turkey sandwiches.

John Sheppard approves of this!


What John Sheppard might not approve of: Me being stuck in the asd;lkdjflkjdf!1 ! library working until 5pm. This past week has been the week of madness and insanity; although it ended pretty well (good discussion group on Friday HURRAH, free food), for a while the outcome was in doubt.

Also, I just finished re-reading Hella Haasse's In a Dark Wood Wandering. Oh my god, how I love that book.

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[twincy.livejournal.com]

Oooh, no, haven't read that one. I have read Oeroeg by her, though.

(! That is pretty awesome. It's such a strange idea to me that people are out there enjoying authors like Haasse and Wolkers and van Dis in languages other than Dutch. Speaking of, though, I can't vouch for the translation, but if you haven't read Jan Wolkers' Turkish Delight, you should give it a go. It's one of my favourites.)

[aurora]

*comment-crashes* Oeroeg kind of sucked, no? Or at least that how I remember it.

[twincy.livejournal.com]

I think I quite liked it. It's been a while, though.

[aurora]

I had to read it for school about ten years ago, so my memories are hazy. There was a lake??

[twincy.livejournal.com]

Yes, there was! Someone's dad drowned! And there were two boys! From different social classes! Who are friends! Cue drama!

[aurora]

Yes, Oeroeg was the Indian? African? (probably the latter) boy. And there was a storm. I think.


note to aesc: sorry for the journal hijack. :(

[twincy.livejournal.com]

Oost-Indisch, I think, maybe? Which would be... present-day Indonesia. Though I might be mixing it up with an Adriaan van Dis (♥♥♥) novella. I don't remember the storm? God, now I want to reread. I wonder if I still have it somewhere - I know I nicked my copy off my brother, who read it for class.

*blows kisses to aesc*

[aurora]

Oost-Indisch, I think, maybe? Which would be... present-day Indonesia.
Wiki confirms it!

For some reason I have the image of a storm and broken floorboards/planks associated with that book. (Also I found a recap and now I totally remember the ending.)

[twincy.livejournal.com]

I found a recap and now I totally remember the ending.
!!! Yes me too! And suddenly I see many parallels with The Great Gatsby.

[aurora]

I, um, have never read The Great Gatsby. *shame*

[twincy.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, I've read it enough times for both of us :D