Let Me Tell You What I Mean in the Bookshop

Let Me Tell You What I Mean

"I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear." - Joan Didion

 

Concrete Island in the Bookshop

Concrete Island by J G Ballard

"I believe in the power of the imagination to remake the world, to release the truth within us, to hold back the night, to transcend death, to charm motorways, to ingratiate ourselves with birds, to enlist the confidences of madmen." -  J.G. Ballard

 

The Lord of the Rings in the Bookshop

The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien

"Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible..." - J.R.R. Tolkien