The Time in Between

Có những lý do khác nhau để người ta thích một cuốn tiểu thuyết: một câu chuyện, một vấn đề, một kỷ niệm, một cách ứng xử, hay một cấu trúc. Với Ở lưng chừng thời gian, tôi đặc biệt thích văn, một giọng văn lơ mơ mà ám ảnh. Vết hằn cuộc chiến Việt Nam lên đời sống tinh thần của một cựu chiến binh Mỹ......more

Not my favourite of David Bergen's but definitely his style. I find his writing so close to "home". Is it because he is Canadian that I find his writing so heartfelt? This book did not pan out like I thought it would. This is the story of a man from the U.S. who was in Vietnam and after returning fr......more

Sometimes I find myself disagreeing with the hype about some books and lately it has been happening a lot more than I would like for it to as I find myself wondering how some people were able to rate this 4 and 5 stars and with so much praise. I found that this was slow paced and in some sections, th......more

Another entry on my reading list for March, The Time In Between won the 2005 Scotiabank Giller Prize, which recognizes "excellence in Canadian fiction." If you're interested, you can read about it here. And imho, this book definitely deserved a prize of some sort. On the back cover of my copy of The......more

This book seemed to be striving very hard for a dreamscapy, early-aughts sort of indie-movie-about-depressed-rudderless-people vibe. It just never worked for me--I wanted to slap the characters out of their sleepy stupor. There were gaping holes in the descriptive fabric. What does Elaine look like?......more