The extraordinary journey of the fakir who got trapped in an IKEA wardrobe
- Romain Puértolas
This book is not affiliated with, authorised or endorsed by IKEA or the Inter IKEA Group or any of its companies.
Page 23: The page had been torn from the June 2012 Ikea catalogue, 198 million copies of which had been printed worldwide, double the annual print run of the Bible.
Page 30: Inside his chest, his heart was beating to the rhythm of a Bollywood soundtrack.
Page 74: One of the men laughed. It sounded like a spring mattress groaning under the bouncing weight of two lovers.
Page 207: The rhythm of his heartbeat went from hip hop to techno, finally ending up on Vivaldi.
Page 222: Ajatashatru Oghash Rathod had been pacing up and down for several minutes now, like a dog that cannot decide where it wants to sleep.
Page 243: But his hand was shaking so violently against his briefcase now that it was audible. He sounded like a Brazilian percussionist during carnival season in Rio.
Page 278: ... and he would spend his evenings watching her beautiful curled eyelashes batting in rhythm with his heart.
© Le Dilettante 2013
English translation © Sam Taylor 2014
Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Two smoothies and a day filled with sunshine
Starting the year off with great intention. Lets drink to our health, my dear.
Monday, 5 January 2015
Moving forward
I was going to catch up on all the posts I didn't get to last year because so much time was spent making the PrettyUglys but now I'm thinking that time has moved on, it's all in the past, who cares.
New year, new day, live in the moment (or as close to it as you can).
New year, new day, live in the moment (or as close to it as you can).
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