“You made your plans, but life had other ideas and somehow you had to make peace with that. Find the meaning in it and let it change you.”
Anna živi na farmi sa roditeljima i braćom. Kada u njihov život ušeta zanimljivi Amerikanac koji prikuplja priče o vilama, Anna se ponudi pomoći mu prevoditi lokalne priče na engleski. Uskoro joj život odlazi u smjeru kojem se nije nadala… Stotinu godina kasnije Sarah Harper u New Yorku se potpuno neplanirano ukrca na avion za Irsku noseći sa sobom svu „životnu prtljagu“ koja ju pritišće…
Evie Woods osvojila me poetskim stilom pisanja, radnjom u prošlosti koja je imala šarm klasika i nekih davnih vremena, originalnom pričom i zanimljivim likovima. Kombinacijom povijesne fikcije, magijskog realizma i ljubavnog romana spojila je meni neke od najdražih žanrova. I iako su mi ovaj put radnja u prošlosti i likovi bili draži, vješta izmjena poglavlja pridonijela je dinamičnosti i zanimljivosti romana.
Jako ugodno iznenađenje i definitivno autorica čije knjige dodajem na svoj TBR.
[english]
The Story Collector – Evie Woods
Anna lives on a farm with her parents and brothers. When an interesting American who collects fairy tales walks into their lives, Anna offers to help him translate local tales into English. Soon her life takes a turn she never expected… A hundred years later, Sarah Harper in New York completely unplanned boards a plane to Ireland, carrying with her all the “life baggage” that weighs her down…
Evie Woods won me over with her poetic writing style, a setting in the past that had the charm of classics and some ancient times, an original story and interesting characters. By combining historical fiction, magical realism and a romance novel, she combined some of my favorite genres. And although this time I preferred the setting in the past and the characters, the skillful change of chapters contributed to the dynamics of the novel.
A very pleasant surprise and definitely an author whose books I am adding to my TBR.
