Söndags-smakbit # 13

Bloggen Betraktelser ger oss på söndagar chansen att publicera ett litet smakprov ur en bok vi läser.
Där får du många spännande boktitlar att kika närmare på.
Jag läser Burntcoat av Sarah Hall, en innerlig och förtvivlad roman om två älskande som blir strandsatta i en lägenhet under en pandemi.
Jag har länkat titeln till Goodreads där du kan läsa mer.

Smakbit sid. 51
” There´s blindness to new lovers. They exist in the rare atmospohere of their own colony, trusting by sense and feel, creatures consuming each other, building shelters with their hopes. Other worlds cease. I know I felt something as it began, an understanding, foreboding, ordinance, even. Love is never the oldest story. It grows in the rich darkness.”

sid. 105

“Ambulances parked in a tight row across the entrance of the hospital, dark-screened, ready to be deployed, or unmanned and shouldered close like bulls, like soldiers. Military vehicles on the streets, a single pedestrian passing an armed unit, not looking up, no longer surprised by the deadly presence of guns.”