When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within the four walls of the story. And this is possible because the story's voice makes everything its own. --John Berger, author of Ways of SeeingAfter nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world. --Philip Pullman "I have a soft spot for secret passageways, bookshelves that open into silence, staircases that go down into a void, and hidden safes. I even have one myself, but I won't tell you where. At the other end of the spectrum are statistics which I hate with all my heart." - - Buñuel NPR Best Books 2011 Authors' Favorite Picks Pulitzer Prize Winners Holocaust Man's Search for Meaning Devil's Arithmetic, The Hiding Place, The | Don't judge a book by it's cover!!! Read it!!!!! |
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