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A review by ameenahlauren
Not One Day by Anne Garréta
challenging
medium-paced
3.5
Not One Day was a challenging read, for me at least. While I appreciated Garréta’s narrative, relinquishing herself to recall memories of desire that at times seem uncomfortable for her to confront and acknowledge.. her sentences strung along with some complexity I couldn’t always comprehend.
Between dissecting some anecdotes and their tangents, the sentiments revolving fragmented memory (its questionability and yet persistence) resonated with my own experience piecing together bits of my past, particularly my relationships to others and especially myself.
I enjoyed her sharings of tender moments, weavings of classic literature analyses and their impressions on her writing craft, critiques on Western standards of professional and passionate lives, and some bits of scientific interpretations.
The book’s ‘Afterward’ helped resolve some of my confusions, so I would suggest any to follow through with this examination of her (and universally our) desires, not only of love but wholly connection and familiarity too. All in all, glad I found this translated copy and I’m hoping to read her book ‘Sphinx’ one day
Between dissecting some anecdotes and their tangents, the sentiments revolving fragmented memory (its questionability and yet persistence) resonated with my own experience piecing together bits of my past, particularly my relationships to others and especially myself.
I enjoyed her sharings of tender moments, weavings of classic literature analyses and their impressions on her writing craft, critiques on Western standards of professional and passionate lives, and some bits of scientific interpretations.
The book’s ‘Afterward’ helped resolve some of my confusions, so I would suggest any to follow through with this examination of her (and universally our) desires, not only of love but wholly connection and familiarity too. All in all, glad I found this translated copy and I’m hoping to read her book ‘Sphinx’ one day