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[wordrobe]

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[undinesprite]

I'm glad that you lent me a copy and I most certainly am going to finish it. I love that it's dense and beautiful and rich.

I know I'm forever comparing books to food but that's what they remind me of. Some books are light and frothy like a meringue cookie, the words melt on your tongue. Others are dark and rich and heady like chocolate port. Sadly, others are like bad fast food, greasy and they sit uneasily in your brain making you feel slightly ill.

Little, Big reminds me of a flourless chocolate cake. Smooth and luscious, yet so rich that you can only have the smallest of slivers at a time or it will make you ache.

I read my share of fluff but there are certainly times when I enjoy a book/author that makes me work for my enjoyment.

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[wordrobe]

Dense and beautiful and rich, like some bit of decadent richness from Mozart's perhaps?

We should explore this book/food connection more. Yes. Definitely.

~J

labyrinths and libraries and layers...

[angeyja]

And then there are those rare occasions when you read something in which the author is trying to convey something subtle, something that can't be reduced to simple sentences, something that requires layers of words to capture it whole. _The Name of the Rose_, another un-simple book that I liked, was a bit like this.

Almost all of my favorite books have this quality. "All of which" being sadly equal to "too few."

Re: labyrinths and libraries and layers...

[wordrobe]

"Too few" sums it up perfectly. When I do find one of these rare books I mention it to everyone I can, like passing along a secret amongst friends.

Hi, by the way.