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The Doors of Eden
by Adrian Tchaikovsky
"We tell stories; all sentient life tells stories."
- From The Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
A friend had posted earlier this year, about a jigsaw puzzle she received as a gift, where the image that had to be assembled, was not the same as the image on the box. But the image on the box contained clues for the image that would emerge when the pieces were put together. Reading The Doors of Eden is, I imagine, something like trying to put together that jigsaw puzzle.
I thought I had a handle on the plot. I thought I'd figured out where it is going. But this book is far too clever for that. And being surprised like that is always a delightful experience!
And it's not just twists for the sake of twists.
There are expectations that are intentionally subverted, and "clues" scattered across chapters.
And yet, it's not a purely intellectual exercise. It made me think about what makes us who we are, and about what else we could be. About what we should aspire to. At the heart of it all is something incredibly human and hopeful, and that is what ultimately made reading this book such a pleasure.
- From The Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
A friend had posted earlier this year, about a jigsaw puzzle she received as a gift, where the image that had to be assembled, was not the same as the image on the box. But the image on the box contained clues for the image that would emerge when the pieces were put together. Reading The Doors of Eden is, I imagine, something like trying to put together that jigsaw puzzle.
I thought I had a handle on the plot. I thought I'd figured out where it is going. But this book is far too clever for that. And being surprised like that is always a delightful experience!
And it's not just twists for the sake of twists.
There are expectations that are intentionally subverted, and "clues" scattered across chapters.
And yet, it's not a purely intellectual exercise. It made me think about what makes us who we are, and about what else we could be. About what we should aspire to. At the heart of it all is something incredibly human and hopeful, and that is what ultimately made reading this book such a pleasure.