![]() ![]() The book is structured into 239 very short pieces, each one dealing with a different aspect of blue. To find oneself trapped in any one bead, no matter what it’s hue, can be deadly.” “Life is a train of moods like a string of beads and as we pass through them they prove to be many-colored lenses which paint the world their own hue, and each shows only what lies in it’s focus. Each new page is a meditation, not only on colours but on life and emotions and how we live with them: It is such an extremely wonderful and unexpected little book, that surprised me in many ways, all the way till the end.īluets, part poetry, part memoir, is a book about the authors love for the colour blue, but it is also so much more than that. I am actually glad that I got to read Bluets first. The Argonauts has been on my to read list, as friends keep recommending it but like I said, I haven’t read it yet. I had heard of Maggie Nelson before but haven’t read anything by her. Bluets was given to me as a birthday present. ![]()
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