Felicity- to the moon and back
I am a politics graduate , studying LLM European and International Law, in love with life and coffee,especially espresso. Interested in Human Rights,History,Law,foreign cultures,languages and books as well as long walks, sunsets and early mornings with hot chocolate. Currently living in Bremen,Germany but originally Bulgarian from the town of Plovdiv.
Kilkee, Ireland
Memories from Ireland! Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! Lá Fhéile Pádraig
forgotten pic,2008, wow 4 years passed so quickly
After reading the book Noah’s Compass by Anne Tyler I thought a lot about keeping one’s memories. The book discusses the loss of memory and the things we actually remember from the past. It is about things we don’t remember consciously but those memories are always with us and are provoked by some random events, people, conversations.
I found a nice review of the book by Dave Peterson on Goodreads and it summarizes the whole book like that:
- Unexpected things will happen to you whether you plan anything or not.
- The next thing that comes along may not be what you really need but you can learn from it all.
- Some people will assume you are getting senile no matter what you choose to do.
- It’s officially too late to ask dad what to do(ha!).
-Sometimes you have to re-evaluate your past before you can go forward and that means finding forgiveness for yourself and from others.
Yet there is another viewpoint to the book that I partially agree with (source: Goodreads, review by Booker):
“With his grumpy disconnection from the modern world, deliberate obtuseness in conversation and total lack of concern for his family [the main protagonist] is a weak, unlikable and really quite boring character. Pennywell’s impulsive pursuit of the local tycoon and his memory coach seems out of character and we get no plausible explanation of why he embarks on this route.”
This pic was made 5 years ago (2006) in the mountains in Bulgaria. It brings happy memories!:)
