Notwithstanding
Louis de Bernieres
This collection of short stories is based on the author’s
recollection of life growing up in an English village and of a way of life that
has pretty much all but disappeared. It’s funny, quirky, eccentric as only the
English can be and moving, often all at the same time.
To me it felt like the English weather, covering all the
seasons of life. Permeating through all the stories, though, was this sense of
loss, not innocence exactly, more of a way of life that was simpler, more
connected to people, a community and the land.
A book that pushes the reader to reflect on the passage of
their own life.
I highly recommend it.
