In this suite of eight stories, the three ages of womanyouth, midlife and senescenceengage in a complex and fruitful dance. A young Miss Tamara is lured by a series of postcards concealed in library books. A middleaged Miss Tamara discovers that her new reading glasses turn the pages blank. An afternoons reading is disturbed by the realization that all books have turned fatally toxic. A mysterious phone call leads to a book which blinds its readers but also to romance. Woven through these seemingly simple narratives are deep themes of youth and aging, memory and loss, solitude and companionship, and the relationship between the physical and the mental life. Above all this is a book about reading its pleasures, rituals, essential preciousness. Reading as an obsession which can not only isolate, but also lead to discovery and love.

Binding: Paperback;88 pages; Publisher: Zoran Živković; Classification: N/A; Weight: 225.69 g; Dimensions: N/A

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