An entire life spent reading would have fulfilled my every desire; I already knew that at the age of seven. The texture of the world is painful, inadequate; unalterable, or so it seems to me. Really, I believe that an entire life spent reading would have suited me best. Such a life has not been granted me....


Whatever: A Novel (ed. Profile Books, 2011) - ISBN: 9781846687846


An entire life spent reading would have fulfilled my every desire; I already knew that at the age of seven. The texture of the world is painful,...

An entire life spent reading would have fulfilled my every desire; I already knew that at the age of seven. The texture of the world is painful,...

An entire life spent reading would have fulfilled my every desire; I already knew that at the age of seven. The texture of the world is painful,...

An entire life spent reading would have fulfilled my every desire; I already knew that at the age of seven. The texture of the world is painful,...