![]() It also helps that Thora and Santiago are such brilliantly drawn characters. It took me a moment to get into it, I was worried that I wouldn’t like it but, the writing is so compelling and intriguing that I had to discover what was going on. No matter what lives they live they find themselves in Cologne and at some point their lives become intertwined. They also remain uniquely Santiago and Thora, he is warm and compassionate, she is prickly and can be sharp, but they always, always, find their way to one another. They return again and again in different lives, with different jobs, different ages and a different relationship to one another, but some things remain constant such as their location Cologne. Then in the next chapter they are siblings, another time they are Professor and student. The next time we meet them Santiago is an adult teaching science in a primary school, and Thora is a curious and inquisitive pupil. When the shattering event happens, that is the end of that particular tale of Santiago and Thora, with another, new, version of their lives taking place. This isn’t a linear novel, it doesn’t start with Thora and Santiago meeting and then dealing with the catastrophic event through three hundred odd pages. They say good night to one another and then, something dreadful happens. It is not quite a romantic evening, but there is something there, a bond of some kind between them which ties them together. They are both restless people, each wondering if there is somewhere else they should be or something else they should be doing. Thora is prickly, Santiago is warm and yet they find a kinship in their similar yearnings for ‘something else’. They spend an evening looking at the stars at the top of the damaged clock tower and debating philosophical thoughts and musings. It’s about Santiago and Thora, who freshly arrived in Cologne, Germany to study at University cross paths for the first time. It is an exquisite philosophical look at life featuring two protagonists who, by the time I had finished the book, felt like they were my best friends. I’d describe it as a cross between One Day by David Nicholls and The Time Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, but even that doesn’t quite do it justice. Dual Memory ebook only $2.Meet Me in Another Life by Catriona Silvery is a labyrinthian, magical, mind-bending novel which absolutely knocked my socks off.How Frederick Douglass really learned to read August 16, 2023.My Goodreads review: The King of Elfland’s Daughter August 23, 2023.Surprise! One of my translations was published without letting me know August 30, 2023.My Goodreads review of “Andrion” by Alex Penland September 7, 2023.I’ll be a featured reader at September’s Deep Dish Reading in Chicago September 11, 2023.Two poets: José Martí and Antonio Machado September 20, 2023.Maps as a tool in fiction September 27, 2023. ![]() My votes for the 2023 Hugo Best Short Story October 4, 2023.Video from the Deep Dish reading October 6, 2023.The Science in Fiction podcast: Sue Burke on Intelligent Plants October 10, 2023.My votes for the 2023 Hugo Best Novelette October 11, 2023.9 on “The Costs of Plant Blindness” October 16, 2023 My votes for the 2023 Hugo Best Novella October 18, 2023.Just like the past and the present, the future will be human and humane.Įnter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. It really is science fiction, and it all makes sense in the end.įifth, if you like literary fiction, here’s your chance to see that science fiction can also be character-driven and utterly moving. Thora and Santi keep meeting in life after life, which doesn’t seem to make much sense. Because spoilers, big spoilers.įourth, if you like science fiction, as you read this novel, you may wonder at some point if it is science fiction. If you’re in the US, the book has been on sale since April. I did like it, and my blurb is the first paragraph of this review. The many layers of mystery in this beautiful love story lead to a breathtaking ending.įirst, I should say that the British publisher sent me a copy of this novel and asked me to provide a blurb if I liked it. Science fiction can reach out to the stars and at the same time hold tight to the human heart. ![]() Meet Me In Another Life by Catriona Silvey
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