![]() ![]() The word “soif” in French translates to the word “thirsty” in English. I found that Nothomb began by writing a reimagining of Jesus’ life and times but then deviated to focus on a philosophical level and using the original story as an extended metaphor. It is not the sort of story you want to tackle or reimagine without expecting controversy. Before reading Soif, I found the subject of the book very ambitious for any writer, even one with Nothomb’s notoriety. I will begin by saying that Soif isn’t for the religious and may greatly offend. Nothomb weaves a mythological portrait around one of the most well-known historical figures of all time. He is condemned by others around him and must spend a night in prison before awaiting his death in the morning. Immediately, we are immersed into the story after Jesus’ sentencing by Pontius Pilate. Soif is the story of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ from Jesus’ point of view. “Pour éprouver la soif il faut être vivant” All of Nothomb’s novels are very diverse in genres, so you never know what you’re going to pick up and read (that’s half of the fun), yet you can guarantee to see her unique style in everything she writes. Initial Thoughts: So here we go again with another Amélie Nothomb book review! Soif was published in 2019 and is her 27 th novel (she publishes one novel per year). Men are so predictable that I admire them for taking themselves so seriously” – Soif by: Amélie Nothomb Frankly, as a member of a generation known for scrolling through snapshots of other people’s lives on Instagram just to take self-induced jealousy steam baths, Nothomb’s novel was cathartic - it took jealousy’s toxic fumes seriously.Les hommes sont si prévisibles que je les admire de se prendre tant au sérieux.” – Soif by: Amélie Nothomb The scars our mothers give us, whether intentional or unintentional. The impossible expectation of motherhood. This book is also about a woman and the things women do to each other. ![]() While at medical school, Diane’s “vacuum,” the place where motherly love should be but isn’t, lead her into some dark corners. It gives her the drive her mother didn’t have to leave their town and pursue a career. Diane grows up knowing, knowing, knowing that she’s unloved – she sees it in the way her mother treats her other two siblings. Diane is representative of everything that had been taken from Marie. Marie is extremely jealous of her first born daughter, Diane. I imagine Marie had the same hopes of mobility as Colette’s Claudine (“My name is Claudine, I live in Montigny I was born there in 1884 I shall probably not die there”), but instead she turned out like every other townie. When she’s 19, her fling with the hunk of her small French village becomes the last romantic relationship of her life: She gets pregnant, and there go her dreams of leaving, of getting what she wants forevermore. The book is about a ridiculously beautiful woman, Marie, who thinks her life is going to be much grander than it turns out to be. I left the office during lunch to find out what happened What Happened Next in the little tale about Marie & Diane (definitely not about Jack & Diane). 137 pages! 137 pages means you can read it in a day, and guess what? I did. Truth be told, I was drawn to this book because it was so short. Like Diane in Strike Your Heart, she grew up around the absence of her mother’s love. TV/movie character who would like it: Camille Preaker of Sharp Objects. Genre: Literary fiction, but distilled to its purest and most glistening sentencesĭescribe it in a sentence: Girl grows up unloved by her mother, and her whole life is shaped around that vacuum. ![]()
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