Silence seated with a finger to its lips
A sinister silence this, not an absence of sound, but an agent in its own right.
'The silence sat down...
Voices like the smell of cooking
You can hear the insistent but indefinite sound of speech penetrating the flimsy walls of a badly built tenement like...
Of sleepy lighthouses
Dwarfed by daylight, the lighthouse is a nocturnal creature like an owl, and so might similarly nod off to sleep...
Womanhood slung over your shoulder
A surprising description which conveys a certain insouciance and strident, even defiant, confidence.
'She seemed to carry her womanhood the...
Smell as a carrier of memory
For better or worse, few things can as quickly transport you to another place, time, or experience as a smell. ...
Where place and time meet
Russell Hoban's is one of the most imaginative, limpid novels I have ever read. Maps loom large in it, real...
Lamps like eyes
Maps for all comers
I wonder if such a mecca of maps exists? A map for all seasons, all reasons. Maps for thieves to...
Vomited out like a Jonah
The first of several descriptions of this boy being ejected from childhood innocence and security by his...
The aha moment with a twist
What a meaty way to convey a moment of sudden comprehension or insight, as when you have had a piece...
Maps imagined
I love maps and regularly buy them. Here you have a map inside the map-seller's mind, drawing on his knowledge...
Of no human agency or purpose
Ever had that grim feeling as you drive through some urban bleakscape?
Utility and ugliness both begin with 'u' but...
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