In A Strange Room

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• In a Strange Room

  In a Strange Room, by Damon Galgut, Atlantic Books, RRP£7.99, 180 pages This superb triptych of long stories is galvanised by the same uncertain relationships that gave Damon Galgut’s last novel, The Impostor, its disturbing edginess and potency. In ... (read full critics)

  ft published on Mon, 11 Apr 2011

• 'In a Strange Room': The 'Eat, Pray, Love' for the Serious Set

  Travel, they say, broadens the mind. This seems to be so well-accepted as to be an aphorism that even Winston Churchill, in this 1943 documentary by the British Council on The History of the English Language, seems to think that there is only one typ ... (read full critics)

  popmatters published on Tue, 11 Jan 2011

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  This book is divided into three parts containing each journey. It is a gentle read and well written. I would call it the book equivalent of a road movie. One man's physical journey across Greece, India and Africa but also a personal and emotional journey. The author writes in the first person as ... (continue)

  This book is divided into three parts containing each journey. It is a gentle read and well written. I would call it the book equivalent of a road movie. One man's physical journey across Greece, India and Africa but also a personal and emotional journey. The author writes in the first person as the narrator.
  The first third is travelling through Greece but also takes us back to Africa. He meets a young German and they are drawn to each other but it is a destructive friendship, one independant, dominant and uncaring and the other dependant, wanting involvement and friendship. The second third is travel through Africa and again the narrator meets a group of Germans. Initially he is drawn to the translator but is later apparently drawn to the another male in the group. It is in this part he describes himself as the "Lover" but it is more an obsession and does not really develop further. The latter third, Damon is the guardian. Travelling with a friend who suffers from psychosis and manic depression and who is on a mission to commit suicide.
  There are no spoilers in this review. I have given a rough outline of the story but no indication of how these trips pan out. An interesting book

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• ISBN-10: 085789157X
• ISBN-13: 9780857891570
• Pub date: Oct 01, 2010
• Also available as: Hardcover and eBook

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