Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat.
Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
“If you were born in a country or at a time not only when nobody comes to kill your wife and your children, but also nobody comes to ask you to kill the wives and children of others, then render thanks to God and go in peace. But always keep this thought in mind: you might be luckier than I, but you’re not a better person.”
( ~ The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell, 2006, Kindle Edition)
[Note: The puzzling title refers to an Aeschylus’s tragedy, and sets the tone of this long novel (almost 1,000 pages). Not an easy read, this one, not because it’s difficult, but because it hurts – it starts hitting you hard since the beginning, and it gets as bad as it can be. It’s also a magnificent book, and, even though it came out in 2006, it’s already a classic in its own right. It’s not a surprise that it was awarded (among others) two of the most prestigious French literary awards, the Grand Prix du roman de l’Académie Française and the Prix Goncourt. By the way: if you can, read it in French – the English translation is quite good, the original French is gorgeous and darkly enchanting.]
PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Teaser Tuesdays post, or share your ‘teasers’ in a comment here and/or in Books and a Beat’s blog.
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