![]() ![]() He himself was not always a fan of the type of experimental fiction celebrated by the Goldsmith Prize – a prize he noted for which Rachel’s two previous books had been shortlisted - a prize also open to male and female authors. He was he said particularly keen to hear my views on the book. The dialogue, she said, was dominated by the contemplation of life journeys, the passage of time, the juxtaposition, she said, of what lies behind and ahead of the characters.ĭoug, an American, interrupted. She found, she said, this book was a mixture of dialogue and thematically interrelated stories. She also said that if we read the notes she had taken before she came to the meeting, then we would find, that, there she had identified the country only, she said to take it out of her final remarks. She could not she said, tell us, which country she came from or which languages she spoke, but said that if we read her reviews we should be able to recognise sufficient details to solve the riddle. ![]() She herself was a dog lover from a European country, but could read books in at least two other languages including English. The first to speak was Meike – she was very keen, she said, to understand my views on the book. ![]() I met with a number of my Goodreads acquaintances – to share with them my thoughts on the concluding part of Rachel's trilogy of books, a book now shortlisted for the 2018 Goldsmith Prize. ![]()
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