Forty Rooms Lib/E (Audiobook)

from ShannonRose4

"For the first minute or two, I do nothing but luxuriate in the smell of the study. It is my favorite smell in the world, a noble smell..." (page 17) Wow. The way Grushin writes is dazzling, her descriptions mesmerize, the memory of her prose is unforgettable and rich. Before I had even reached h...

from ShannonRose4

"For the first minute or two, I do nothing but luxuriate in the smell of the study. It is my favorite smell in the world, a noble smell..." (page 17) Wow. The way Grushin writes is dazzling, her descriptions mesmerize, the memory of her prose is unforgettable and rich. Before I had even reached h...

from Clara53

A marvelous book. It moved me, engrossed me with its descriptive powers and its precise pinpointing of observations and ideas, at the same time confirming certain points about my own life. A story of a woman who, in her youth, believed she "could sometimes sense the essence of things - houses, bo...

from ShannonRose4

"For the first minute or two, I do nothing but luxuriate in the smell of the study. It is my favorite smell in the world, a noble smell..." (page 17) Wow. The way Grushin writes is dazzling, her descriptions mesmerize, the memory of her prose is unforgettable and rich. Before I had even reached h...

from BetsyKipnis

"Forty Rooms" is a startling example of all that writing can be. I enjoyed, "Forty Rooms" so much so that I have to examine what made me savor rather than devour it. Unfortunately, Grushin doesn't exercise restraint in choosing which gorgeous aspect of her craft to use and when. Many varied type ...