Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Four Novels and Transcendence by Words

Paige sees herself, younger, walking up the stairs out of the shop. She readies her gun. She sees her younger self look up to her, an emotion on her face resembles fear. She wanted to shoot the young Paige, free her of the sorrow that will stretch to her future for two centuries.
-The Starlight Crystal (Christopher Pike)
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Velutha swims through the river, finds her at the banks, and makes love to her, for all time's sake.
-God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
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The goon points a gun on his nape, shouts, and fires. Hassan was gone.
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
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Then the woman stiffens, Henry puts his right foot forward and the floor creaks. She turns, and it's Clare, Clare old! She walks up to him slowly and Henry catches her on his arms...
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
...

Cathartic.

The four stories that made me cry. Go get yourselves a copy. ;p

-stirred-

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