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A review by katie_killebrew
Not a Novel: A Memoir in Pieces by Jenny Erpenbeck
5.0
Jenny Erpenbeck is one of my favorite living authors. It was a pleasure to learn more about her and the way she observes the world.
“Not a Novel” contains so many worthwhile turns of phrase and entire paragraphs to underline, but this is the only one I came across when I actually had a pen in my hand:
“In happy moments of reading we become aware of something that corresponds to us. And even if we forget certain details over the years—a given story line or character—and even if we remember certain others; the most important things sink in deeper than our memories, we internalize them, take them into our bodies, and they stay there, blind and mute like our hearts, our kidneys, our bones, keeping us alive.” (p148-149)
“Not a Novel” contains so many worthwhile turns of phrase and entire paragraphs to underline, but this is the only one I came across when I actually had a pen in my hand:
“In happy moments of reading we become aware of something that corresponds to us. And even if we forget certain details over the years—a given story line or character—and even if we remember certain others; the most important things sink in deeper than our memories, we internalize them, take them into our bodies, and they stay there, blind and mute like our hearts, our kidneys, our bones, keeping us alive.” (p148-149)