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Departure Time (2007)

by Truus Matti(Favorite Author)

3.74 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

160898009X (ISBN13: 9781608980093)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Namelos

review 1: "Departure Time" will not be for everyone. It is a book that is translated into English (making it choppy in certain spots), the story is complicated and things don't always go the way you would like them to. But if you give this book a chance, and read it knowing those things about it, the rewards are immense. It is a story rich in character, depth and images. It will leave you happy, sad and pondering about it for a long time. I finished it months ago and I still think about it often. The story is told from two perspectives, one real and one fantasy, but where the lines are and how the two parts overlap is extraordinarily imaginative and fascinating. the real is about a girl and her relationship with her parents. The fantasy is about a girl and her relationship w... moreith a couple of wacky animals in an abandoned hotel.Elizabeth Bird (my favorite children's librarian) cited this book to win the 2011 Batchelder Award, which is the award for the best children's book published in a language other than English in a country other than the United States, and subsequently translated into English for publication in the United States. It came in second to A Time of Miracles, by Anne-Laure Bondoux, translated by Y. Maudet. I guess I will have to read that book because I can't imagine Departure Time not winning.
review 2: This is a story of death, and grief, and anger so strong as to stop time. And yet the story has a charm, and smiling wonder. It opens in a bleak dreamscape, with hints of some existential Hell. The first few pages are otherwise almost indecipherable. And then, chapter by chapter, the sinister allusions clear away, to reveal the hope and love of life that remains. The effect is step-by-step predictable, and still magical. The book demands a patient, thoughtful reader, but not necessarily a young or old reader. It’s timeless in more ways than one. Oh, and before I get swept up in New Age revelry – this book does not share the cloying philosophical sweetness of “Le Petit Prince,” and for that I’m grateful. less

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