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A review by cnyreader
Asphodel by Hilda Doolittle
4.0
Reading this book felt like walking through a dream. The style is stream-of-consciousness, which honestly usually annoys me to no end. Here, though... it's compelling and beautiful and readable and it drew me in. Flowers and Greek mythology abound in this book. And the colors- so many colors!
This is an autobiographical story by HD of her time living in Europe before, during and after WWI. She was contemporaries with artists and writers of the time and some of them feature in her story. I was very conscious of reading a true story, because, despite the dream-like feeling of the writing, it feels very real. The substance of the story may fade with time, but feeling of it will stick with me.
Food: a meal of edible flowers. Vibrant, perfumed, sometimes bitter, like nothing you've ever eaten and not soon to be forgotten.
This is an autobiographical story by HD of her time living in Europe before, during and after WWI. She was contemporaries with artists and writers of the time and some of them feature in her story. I was very conscious of reading a true story, because, despite the dream-like feeling of the writing, it feels very real. The substance of the story may fade with time, but feeling of it will stick with me.
Food: a meal of edible flowers. Vibrant, perfumed, sometimes bitter, like nothing you've ever eaten and not soon to be forgotten.