#julie wark

[majestativa]

Surround me with dreams, [...] Varnish me with desire.

— TERESA COLOM ⚜️ “En un quadre de Gustav Klimt”, transl. by Julie Wark, (2002)

[whilereadingandwalking]

Lost Luggage by Jordi Puntí, translated from the Catalan by Julie Wark, is an epic family story. Four sons of Gabriel Delacruz, in the UK, Germany, France, and Spain, are all growing up wondering where their father has gone. When he's determined to be missing, the four brothers become aware of one another and decide to begin to meet. Together, they begin to try and piece together the story of their father's life through their distinctive voices and their investigations. 

Gabriel's story is one of wandering, friendship, strange coincidences, and long loose threads slowly drifting together. It was long but impossible to put down, full of intrigue and wacky tales. It spoke to the impossibility of piecing together a person, a past, and was a love letter in many ways to intergenerational story-telling. Some of the twists hit me hard. It's emotional and hard to set aside. The friendship between Gabriel and his basically-a-brother Bundó, the mythology of the moving truck and the one box they would steal each trip, the action-packed stories of each mother's life and adventures—all combine to really create a compelling, funny, and touching story of a complicated man and his story.

[majestativa]

So alike are the nuances among our existences that we all ask the same thing aloud and then, silence.

— TERESA COLOM ⚜️ “Elegia I”, transl. by Julie Wark, (2005)

[missdarcy87]

This Week in Books: 11.09.15

#thisweekinbooks: @maggiestiefvater, @mindykaling, @birdaileen, @kierstenwhite, and @daniellempaige

I am joining in with the lovely Lipsy @ Lipsy’s Lost and Found’s feature which highlights our week in books. A similar theme is run by Sam @ Taking On A World of Words. I shall be sharing what I’m reading now, then and next! (more…)

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