Begin & Eind: Boekentips

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Voor deze laatste dag van de themaweek deelt KLASsepost boekentips, lees de begin en eindstukjes van deze verschillende mooie boeken.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky

Begin:

“Dear friend, I am writing to you because she said you listen and understand and didn’t try to sleep with that person at that party even though you could have. Please don’t try to figure out who she is because then you might figure out who I am, and I really don’t want you to do that. I will call people by different names or generic names because I don’t want you to find me. I didn’t enclose a return address for the same reason. I mean nothing bad by this. Honest.I just need to know that someone out there listens and understands and doesn’t try to sleep with people even if they could have. I need to know that these people exist.”

Eind:

“Tomorrow, I start my sophomore year of high school. And believe it or not, I’m really not that afraid of going. I’m not sure if I will have the time to write any more letters because I might be too busy trying to “participate.” So, if this does end up being my last letter, please believe that things are good with me, and even when they’re not, they will be soon enough. And I will believe the same about you.”

Beautiful world, where are you – Sally Rooney

Begin:

“A woman sat in a hotel bar, watching the door. Her appearance was neat and tidy: white blouse, fair hair tucked behind her ears. She glanced at the screen of her phone, on which was displayed a messaging interface, and then looked back at the door again.”

Eind:

“It’s not the life I used to imagine for myself either. But it’s the life I have, the only one. And as I write you this message I’m very happy. All my love.”

The Inseparables – Simone De Beauvoir

Begin:

“When I was nine years old I was a good little girl, though this hadn’t always been the case. As a small child the adults’ tyranny caused me to throw such tantrums that one of my aunts declared, quite seriously: ‘Sylvie is possessed by a demon.’ War and religion tamed me. Right away I demonstrated perfect patriotism by stomping all over my doll because she was made in Germany, though I didn’t really care for her to begin with.”

Eind:

“The grave was covered in white flowers. A dark insight occurred to me: Andrée had suffocated in all this whiteness. Atop that immaculate abundance, I lay down three red roses, before leaving for my train.”

The Hobbit – J.J.R. Tolkien

Begin:

“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.”

Eind:

“’You are a very fine person, Mr. Baggins, and I am very fond of you; but you are only quite a little fellow in a wide world after all! ‘Thank goodness! ‘ said Bilbo laughing, and handed him the tobacco jar.”

Song of Solomon – Toni Morrison

Begin:

“The North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance agent promised to fly from Mercy to the other side of Lake Superior at three o’clock.”

Eind:

“For now he knew what Shalimar knew: if you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.”

What the hell did I just read – David Wong

Begin:

“It rained like we were a splatter of bird shit God was trying to hose off his deck.”

Eind:

“I recognize that not all of you share my faith, but you must admit that if gods are real and have observed humanity’s evolution from afar, they must shudder at the possibilities.”