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February 07, 2006
"The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger
"The Time Traveler's Wife" is the story of a man who suffers from chrono displacement disorder and is moved through time, without any control over the process. The story deals with the pain, confusion and embarrassment of this process (he always arrives naked) both for him and those people around him. The narration moves between the voice of Henry (the time traveler) and his wife, Clare, and hops around in time, just as Henry does. Their love story is unusual in that it develops in different times for the two players. Henry meets Clare when he is 28 and she is 20, but Clare first met Henry when she was 6 years old and he is over 40. I really enjoyed this book, though found it at times very sad. I did find I had to loosen up my hold on reality a bit to read the book, since when I started thinking too hard about the issues of time travel I got so wrapped up in what would be problematic about that, that I stopped enjoying the book. When I was able to just let go of those issues, I got engrossed in the story and found it a wonderful read.
Pam M., Reserves
Posted by jnardine at February 7, 2006 01:17 PM
Comments
This is a great idea! Thank you for thinking of this. I've put a link to this blog on my Mblog (which is personal and has almost nothing to do with the University).
Posted by: krheiser at February 10, 2006 11:18 AM
Glad you like it. It's good to know that someone is reading. Thanks for cross-posting us too.
Posted by: jnardine at February 10, 2006 11:52 AM
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