Biblioteca | Julho 2011

Halldór Laxness | The Atom Station

"It was not until I had become used to seing the elder daughter seat herself at the grand piano and dash off some Chopin impromptu as if nothing could be more natural, that I realised how ludicrous it was to hear a big, strapping north-country girl announce in a civilised home that she was going to learn to play the harmonium.

'That's just like you northerners, to start talking to people,' said the cook when I returned to the kitchen.

Rebellion stirred in me and I replied, 'I am people.'

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J. G. Ballard | Crash

"As I turned the ignition switch, Vaughan said, 'Seagrave has gone.'

'Where? They've finished the crash sequence here.'

'God only knows. He's driving around in a wig and leopard-skin coat. He may start following Catherine.'"

- I'm pretty sure this book is a misunderstood comedy...