Book Review

Christmas Books:  "The Mirror of Cassandre", and "Blind Willow, sleeping woman".

Written by Leray Tiphaine

The first book,  The Mirror of Cassandre,was written by the French author Bernard Werber who is famous for his trilogy : The cycle of ants. He was born in 1961 and he is still writing today. This book talks about a girl, Cassandre who lost her parents in an attack in Egypt, during a Verdi performance and she has no news of her brother, Daniel. She lives in an orphanage led by Philippe Papadakis who knew her very well. After she hurt him, she ran away and arrived at «Redemption», a garbage dump where Esmeralda, Fetnat, Orlando and Kim Ye Bin lived as hobos. Little by little, she realizes she has a gift; she can see the future and she has a watch which gives her the time of death in the 5 seconds. But she doesn't remember her childhood and the horrible past she went through. This book is very interesting to read; the style of writing of Werber permitted to read, read and always read. The revelation of Cassandre's past, at the far end is very surprising. The book will be loved by Werber's fans.

Available only in French!

WRITER; Bernard Werber 

TITLE; The Mirror of Cassandre (Le Miroir de Cassandre, original title) 

EDITOR; Albin Michel

YEAR; 2009

PRICE; 22,90 €

 

The second book, Blind Willow, sleeping woman, was written by Haruki Murakami in 1995. Murakami is a famous japanese writer, above all famous in Japan. He was born in 1949 and he is still alive. He was known as a storyteller; he won many awards for his books. One of his famous novels are « Kafka on the shore », « Norwegian Wood », this one was very popular among Japanese young people. Blind willow, sleeping woman is a collection of short stories,  like «The Mirror», «The plane or the man who speak at him» or « Where I find him ? ». Every short story is written with poetry, humor and are very pleasant to read. Every short story talks about something different. Every short story is a piece of everyday life and everyday people. The fans of Murakami will rediscover the graceful world of the author.

WRITER; Haruki Murakami

TITLE; Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (Mekuranagi to, nemura onna, original title)

EDITOR; 10/18 

YEAR; 1995

PRICE; 8,17 €