tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13588125.post116125681493870504..comments2023-10-20T22:58:52.569+03:00Comments on Botanist on Alp: The Godgamestockholm slenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16909107517362691387noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13588125.post-1161270013070662422006-10-19T18:00:00.000+03:002006-10-19T18:00:00.000+03:00We seem to have a similar experience of it... "Min...We seem to have a similar experience of it... "Mindblowing" is exactly the term: I was in the seventh heaven reading it, a feaverish orgy of feeling that I have now some difficulty even in recollecting. It certainly is a great book, but one to be read in the right moment, in the right time of life. It was a rueful (and have to admit, nostalgic) joy to see it standing there, costing all of 50 cents. Strange.stockholm slenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16909107517362691387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13588125.post-1161260047786364412006-10-19T15:14:00.000+03:002006-10-19T15:14:00.000+03:00"It is a novel to be read when young"I so agree! T..."It is a novel to be read when young"<BR/><BR/>I so agree! The book totally blew my mind when I was 15. Of course I've had quite a few re-reads since (and I still love some parts of the book fiercely) but every time I grab the book the irritation, some sort of nameless itch grows stronger. Which never happens in case of, say, Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria Quartet, another darling of my adolescent years.Suojakännihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02701750594963797684noreply@blogger.com