It is hot in London. I had cold tomato soup and a cold feta pie for lunch. I am reading N.S. Naipauls Half a life. Usually my reading is not this intellectual. It is in Finnish, I love simply to read and understand without rethinking the words.
Here are some other good books I have come across lately. Alice Walkers In Search of Our Mothers´ Garden interests me in two ways: I read it as a history of American culture, but also as a voice for those who don´t get to tell the story. As an immigrant, I identify with the search to express ones background in a culture dominated by the views of others. I saw Robert Mapletorphes exhibition in Finland and bought Patti Smiths book Just Kids from the museum shop. She writes magically about being an artist and following ones calling. Tracy Chevaliers Remarkable Creatures is another book about calling. It was light to read with views to the English country side. The book made me want to go to National History Museum to see Mary Annings dinosaurs again.
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