From Peter Høeg’s "The Woman and the Ape"

[lennybound]

"As deep down and as far as he could go - as a boy, in the country, on Jersey - Alexander Bowen had been a genuine animal lover. He had grown up taking a delight in being close to a cat or a dog, savoring the smell of a stable and deriving from the presence of cattle a peace of mind that required no explanation. He had made up his mind to become a

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[mind_tape]

how did you get the little slash accross the o?

this comment is very insightful.

[lennybound]

I just Googled his name and copied/pasted it from his Wikipedia page. Very complicated. :-P

[ww0308]

Just checked out the Amazon reviews. I need to read this novel

[lennybound]

"At best, the good reasons are in another passage, and this passage uses dishonest rhetoric to support them. At worst, the good reasons are not there."

They aren't there.

I actually wouldn't recommend this book; I just found that quotation interesting enough to post. I had to read it for a course I was taking (i.e. The Philosophy of Literature) and I wasn't really impressed. If I had to pick one book from the ten that we read for the course I'd recommend "Blindness" by José Saramago. The writing style can be a little annoying at times (there are no punctuation marks, character names, or quotations), but after you get a few chapters in it grows on you, and the book just kinda flows along.

But yeah... don't waste your time on this book. My girlfriend was an English major and won't even take the book from me as a gift. She says she doesn't want it taking up room on her shelf. :-)

[ww0308]

OK, cool. Thank you for the info. Especially the recommendation to read "Blindness," which I'd already wanted to try!