A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar
Feb. 22nd, 2020 03:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
unspeakablehorrorI am currently reading A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar. I was recced this author by tobermoriansass. I'm partway through chapter 3 and very much enjoying this story. The writing is very vivid and evocative and I could easily imagine the details of the people, places, and things she describes in the story. The writing has a very lyrical feel to it and I'm very much anticipating seeing the direction this story will go in. So far, the protagonist and his family have been introduced. He's learning how to be a pepper farmer and is being tutored in how to speak in Olondrian (where his father sells their crop, it seems) and how to read. Apparently, books and reading aren't so much a thing where he lives, so when he first sees his tutor write his name he thinks he's getting an accounting lesson, haha. Then he learns about the magic of books. I have a feeling this is going to be a very meta story and I'm already looking forward to it.
tobermoriansass. I'm partway through chapter 3 and very much enjoying this story. The writing is very vivid and evocative and I could easily imagine the details of the people, places, and things she describes in the story. The writing has a very lyrical feel to it and I'm very much anticipating seeing the direction this story will go in. So far, the protagonist and his family have been introduced. He's learning how to be a pepper farmer and is being tutored in how to speak in Olondrian (where his father sells their crop, it seems) and how to read. Apparently, books and reading aren't so much a thing where he lives, so when he first sees his tutor write his name he thinks he's getting an accounting lesson, haha. Then he learns about the magic of books. I have a feeling this is going to be a very meta story and I'm already looking forward to it.