By Amy Rowland
A gorgeous novel informed with an analogous gravity as Nicole Krauss s historical past of affection. This strong debut follows a girl who units out to problem the absurdity of the realm round her. Lena, the transcriptionist, sits on my own in a room distant from the hum of the newsroom that's the center of the list, the hot York urban newspaper for which she works. For years, she has been the ever present hyperlink for journalists calling in tales from worldwide. Turning spoken phrases to print, Lena is the vein that connects the organs of the paper. She is dependable, she is unquestioning, but expertise is dictating that her days there are numbered. whilst she reads a surprising piece within the paper a few Jane Doe mauled to dying by means of a lion, she acknowledges the girl within the photo. that they had met on a bus quite a few days earlier than. captivated with figuring out what triggered the girl to intentionally climb into the lion's den, Lena starts off a crusade for fact that might damage the Record's complacency and shake the venerable establishment to its very beginning. a wonderful novel that asks probing questions on journalism and ethics, concerning the decline of the newspaper and the failure of language, it's also the tale of a woman's attempt to set up her position in an more and more alien and alienating international.
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Jeg trækker mig altså bort fra konen og tænker: skal der betales for hende så lat Edvar da betale selv, hun og hendes far har bedre råd end jeg. Og Edvarda betaler ganske rigtig selv. I den retning er hun storartet, hun mangler ingenlunde hjærte. Men så6i sant som jeg sitter her, hun hadde ventet at jeg skulde ha betalt for kahytsplass til konen og den lille, jeg så det på hendes blik. Hvad så videre? Konen reiste sig og tak ket for den store hjælp. Tak ikke mig, men tak den herre dér, svarte Edvarda og peker med rolig mine på mig.
Oho, doktoren har noget å hævne, tænkte jeg og jeg sa: Si mig nu også, doktor, hvorfor De har hat den store møie og besværlighet å meddele mig alt dette? Skal jeg hjælpe Dem med å tukte Edvarda? 62 ‘ IA Forresten er hun varm som en vulkan, fortsatte han uten å agte på mit spørsmål. De spurte om ingen kunde vinde hende. Jo hvorfor ikke? Hun venter på sin prins, lan er ikke kommet, hun tar atter og atter feil, hun trod de også at De var prinsen, især da De hadde dyreblik, haha. Hør, hr. løitnant.