Quote of the Week

     This week we have special treat for you! We picked part of wonderful poem with which starts The Storyteller, novel by Antonia Michaelis.

I see you standing in the storm 
Holding the curse of youth 
Each of you with your story 
Each of you with your truth.

Some words will never be spoken 
Some stories never be told. 
This is the age you are broken 
Or turned into gold. 

I didn’t say the world was good. 
I hoped by now you understood 
Why I could never lie. 
I didn’t promise you a thing.
Don’t ask my wintervoice for spring 
Just spread your wings and fly. 

     It's rare these days that non-English novel gets so much attention - The Storyteller is originaly written in German. And we are very pleased because of that. You can find it on The Book Depository, Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

Book summary (from Goodreads):

Anna and Abel couldn’t be more different. They are both seventeen and in their last year of school, but while Anna lives in a nice old town house and comes from a well-to-do family, Abel, the school drug dealer, lives in a big, prisonlike tower block at the edge of town. Anna is afraid of him until she realizes that he is caring for his six-year-old sister on his own. Fascinated, Anna follows the two and listens as Abel tells little Micha the story of a tiny queen assailed by dark forces. It’s a beautiful fairy tale that Anna comes to see has a basis in reality. Abel is in real danger of losing Micha to their abusive father and to his own inability to make ends meet. Anna gradually falls in love with Abel, but when his “enemies” begin to turn up dead, she fears she has fallen for a murderer. Has she?

Until next time,