The Accidental

by Ali Smith | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0141010398 Global Overview for this book
Registered by bestfriends of - Ergens in de provincie, Gelderland Netherlands on 11/3/2006
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Journal Entry 1 by bestfriends from - Ergens in de provincie, Gelderland Netherlands on Friday, November 3, 2006
Bought this book in Turkey in a wonderful café/shop/cat garden during my holidays last October: the "Kedi Café" in Dalyan.

Its profits help shelter, feed and neuter the many stray cats over there.
The cats are not kept in benches, but are free to go where they want. You could find them throughout the whole garden. Look!



The place is run by an English couple, Chris and Mebrure Blom. They have their books stored in the open air, except in winter, when the garden is closed. That's why (I think) it looks a little as if it's been damp. I left some bookcrossing books there too. Offered to send more, but they said they would have to store them all winter till the next tourists come, so maybe I'll do that next spring.



about the book:

from Amazon.com:
Amber is the catalyst who makes the novel happen. She appears on the doorstep of the Smart's rented summer cottage in Norfolk, England, barefoot and unexpected. Eve Smart, a third-rate author suffering writer's block, believes that she is a friend of her husband's. Michael is a womanizing University professor, but he doesn't usually drag his quarry home. He thinks that she must be a friend of Eve's. Everyone is politely confused and Amber is invited to dinner. She is a consummate liar and manipulator who manages to seduce everyone in the family in some significant way.

Before writing The Accidental, Ali Smith wrote Hotel World, shortlisted for both the Orange Prize and the Man Booker Prize, and several short story collections. Her work is absolutely original, with a trademark quirky style, with whole passages that seem to have been bound into the wrong book and occasional historical asides completely outside the narrative line . Don't be fooled; with Smith, every word has a purpose.

Couldn't find the purpose, as her style of writing irritated me from page one, probably because of what's mentioned above (in italics). Haven't finished it. It's on a lot of wishlists though, so I will find a home for it, where it will be more appreciated, I hope.

Journal Entry 2 by bestfriends from - Ergens in de provincie, Gelderland Netherlands on Sunday, November 26, 2006
Will be sent to Mallary as a HGG present. Merry Christmas!

Journal Entry 3 by bestfriends at on Monday, November 27, 2006

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Journal Entry 4 by Mallary from Ginestas, Languedoc-Roussillon France on Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Wow, thank you very very much for the book bestfriends!
It was a lovely surprise to receive in the mail this morning!
I will add it to my steadily growing Mount TBR. Thank you.

P.S. I love the fact that it came all the way from Turkey! What a well-travelled little book!

Journal Entry 5 by Mallary from Ginestas, Languedoc-Roussillon France on Saturday, August 18, 2007
RABCK!!
Unfortunately I had to give up on this story, I just couldn't get into it.
But it is with pleasure that I am sending it to spiderchic in Mallorca.... I hope you enjoy it!

Journal Entry 6 by spiderchic from Droylsden, Greater Manchester United Kingdom on Saturday, September 15, 2007
Received last week. Thank you sooo much it was a really lovely thought and am looking forward to reading it.

Journal Entry 7 by spiderchic from Droylsden, Greater Manchester United Kingdom on Wednesday, November 28, 2007
I too had to give up on this story I just couldn't get into it at all, and it's not often I give up.
Shall try and set up a book ray see if anyone else is interested.

Journal Entry 8 by spiderchic from Droylsden, Greater Manchester United Kingdom on Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Turning into a bookray :

lucy-lemon UK (Intl)

Journal Entry 9 by spiderchic from Droylsden, Greater Manchester United Kingdom on Friday, December 7, 2007
Sent to lucy-lemon today as a rabck as no other interest for a ray. Enjoy

Journal Entry 10 by lucy-lemon from Llandudno, Wales United Kingdom on Saturday, December 8, 2007
The book arrived today, and I put down Dickens to start this instead. It's amazing so far...! Thanks so much for sending this to me.

Journal Entry 11 by lucy-lemon from Llandudno, Wales United Kingdom on Monday, January 21, 2008
I left this in uni over christmas and then had so much work that I didn't get a chance to pick it up again. BUT after I'd finished all my essays on Friday, I curled up in bed with this and read it all through in one go. I loved it! A lot of people had said that they found the initial premise really interesting but that they couldn't get into the story. I didn't find this a problem at all, and in fact I thought that the structure was one of the best things about the book. I loved Astrid's narrative in particular.

All in all, amazing.

Journal Entry 12 by lucy-lemon at Charity shop in Llandudno, Wales United Kingdom on Friday, July 4, 2008

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