The word rather than the fact, incantatory affirmation rather than objectivity, and in general, the sign rather than the thing. Jacques Berque

GALWAY PUBLIC LIBRARIES - FOR BOOKS AND IDEAS


Readers may be interested in the following books which have been added to stock at Galway City Library

Strange Pilgrims: Twelve Stories, by Gabriel García Márquez,
Thematically, these dozen stories explore familiar Marquesan territory: human solitude and quiet desperation, unexpected love, the bizarre turns of fate, the intertwining of passion and death. The narrative voice is warm and affectionate and displays a penchant for tales of the strange things that sometimes happen to pilgrims in distant lands. (Washington Post)



Misadventures of Maude Marche: Or Trouble Rides a Fast Horse, by Audrey Couloumbis
Eleven-year-old Sallie March is a whip-smart tomboy and voracious reader of Western adventure novels. When she and her sister, Maude, are orphaned for the second time, they decide to escape their new self-serving guardians for the wilds of the frontier. Hard to put down, and a fun read-aloud. Ages 8 to 12. (School Library Journal)


Please, Mr. Einstein, by Jean-Claude Carriere, Harvill Secker
Attempts to reproduce Einstein's thought in his own words in the form of a posthumous conversation he has with a journalism student. Carriere creates a sense of expectancy and then satisfies it with delightfully engaging explanations – and physics becomes enchanting. Intended for all, for the pleasure of reading, for understanding, and for learning.