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I’m sorry for being so absent lately, but I have rediscovered the joy of reading once again. I’m in the middle of Siri Hustvedt‘s The Sorrows of an American and I can’t put it down! The novel starts with a description of an old study. It’s full of notes, old books, archive drawers, index cards and dusty items. I found this so inspiring! As you can see from my previous posts, I am really into science and vintage these days. Here’s a little piece of writing I did, trying to put the inspiration at use and challenge my descriptive skills:
When I close my eyes, I can envision a room with a window with white curtains who fill the room with natural light. The walls are covered with heavy book shelves and archive drawers. In the shelves there are books with drawings in them, science books, some classical literature and lots of notebooks filled with handwriting. There’s a huge old desk by the window, and it’s loaded with open books and notes. In between the paper there’s a feather ink pen and an old wooden globe. On a small table close to the door there’s a small collection of bird skulls, a camera and a candle. Everything is covered with dust and the room smells old.
Wouldn’t this be the perfect place for a treasure hunt?
That sounds like a really interesting book! I like when the writer is so descriptive that you can really imagine yourself in the book. I’ve been looking for some new reads lately so I may add this to the list. I’m a bit inspired by your writing that was inspired by what you read (I hope that made sense..)
Oh I will definitely have to check this one out!
I have a list of people interested in the book club! I’m oh so excited. I hope you’re still interested. The first book will be Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. I’ll be posting the reading topics and questions tomorrow :)
Love the photos, and that room sounds pretty perfect.
how funny! i just gave up reading this book a few chapters in because i started reading it with my mind in ‘female’ mode, i.e. i thought the lead character was a woman, and when i realised it was a man i got really confused and frustrated and just gave up. maybe now i’ll re-visit it (from the correct perspective!)…