The Divers Clothes Lie Empty

Posted on 11 June 2018 by Vendela Vida

From the acclaimed author of Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name and The Lovers comes a tensely drawn, spellbinding literary thriller that gets to the heart of what defines us as human beings the singular identity we create for ourselves in the world and the myriad alternative identities that lie just below the surface.In Vendela Vida s taut and mesmerizing novel of ideas, a woman travels to Casablanca, Morocco, on mysterious business Almost immediately, while checking into her hotel, she is robbed, her passport and all identification stolen The crime is investigated by the police, but the woman feels there is a strange complicity between the hotel staff and the authorities she knows she ll never see her possessions again.Stripped of her identity, she feels both burdened by the crime and liberated by her sudden freedom to be anyone at all Then, a chance encounter with a film crew provides an intriguing opportunity A producer sizes her up and asks, would she be willing to be the body double for a movie star filming in the city And so begins a strange journey in which she ll become a stand in both on set and off for a reclusive celebrity who can no longer circulate freely in society while gradually moving further away from the person she was when she arrived in Morocco.Infused with vibrant, lush detail and enveloped in an intoxicating atmosphere while barely pausing to catch its breath The Diver s Clothes Lie Empty is a riveting, entrancing novel that explores freedom, power and the mutability of identity. Free Read [ The Divers Clothes Lie Empty ] author [ Vendela Vida ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Go back to the before, you think to yourself You know that, in your own life, it s not something you will ever choose to do 3.5 stars A book about identity, the choices we have the power to make, and the opportunities to recreate oneself, The Diver s Clothes Lie Empty is without a doubt an original story The second person narration is not something you come across frequently in literature, and while it was a clever tool in this instance, you may find it a bit jarring Or, you may very wellGo back to the before, you think to yourself You know that, in your own life, it s not something you will ever choose to do 3....You read the book You enjoy the book, but grow tired of the 2nd person point of view You enjoy the humor and sadness You enjoy how the author slowly peels away the layers of the protagonist yourself You just wish you didn t have to read the word you so often You ...This is a lovely slip of a book, the kind of novel you become utterly absorbed in and read in one sitting.We meet our heroine on a plane from Miami, Florida, to Casablanca, Morocco She is running away from something, but we don t know what As soon as she gets to her hotel, her bag is stolen, including her passport and wallet The staff try to help, but she suspects they are in cahoots with the thief and or the police.The woman starts exploring Casablanca using another name, and she gets an une This is a lovely slip of a book, the kind of novel you become utterly absorbed in and read in one sitting.We meet our heroine on a plane from Miami, Florida, to Casablanca, Morocco She is running away from something, but we don t know what As soon as she gets to her hotel, her bag is stolen, including her passport and wallet The staff try to help, but she suspects they are in cahoots with the thief and or the police.The woman starts exploring Casablanca using another name, and she gets an unexpected job as a stand in on a movie set Each day in Morocco brings another adventure, and another story from her background.This was my first experience with Vendela Vida s writing, but it won t be my last She has a beautiful style, very graceful and clever, and I was sad when the book ended I wanted to keep following this woman and her strange journey in a foreign country Highly recommended.Favorite Quotes Your mind is rioting now that you know for sure your backpack is ...A high 4 stars I seem to be binge reading this holiday, and Vendela Vida s The Diver s Clothes Lie Empty was perfect for a binge read It s the second book I ve read by Vida in the last few days, and I m again impressed by her talent and voice, and must say that I liked this one eventhan Let the Norther Lights Erase Your Name Told from a second person perspective, it starts in Casablanca as the main character arrives from the US Immediately, a back pack containing her passport and credi A high 4 stars I seem to be binge reading this holiday, and Vendela Vida s The Diver s Clothes Lie Empty was perfect for a binge read It s the second book I ve read by Vida in the last few days, and I m again impressed by her talent and voice, and must say that I liked this one eventhan Let the Norther Lights Erase Your Name Told from...When you ve listened to an audio book twice in eight months, reveling in it eventhe second time, the cleverness of the author is apparent You choose books based on scant information, reading no reviews ahead of time just reading the stars Just the stars You risk a lot this way, but since you love being surprised by what the pages hold, it usually works You have never read a book where the entire thing uses the second or is it third person of you, but it so completely puts you in When you ve listened to an audio book twice in eight months, reveling in it eventhe second time, the cleverness of the author is apparent You choose books based on scant information, reading no reviews ahead of time just reading the stars Just the stars You risk a lot ...Is this considered a literary novel The dustjacket flap says it s a mesmerizing novel of ideas which is probably true if you take idea to mean made up shit Here s my summary This is a story about a sociopath who leaves her Jerry Springer Show life behind and embarks upon a spree of unrealistic situations in which there is no such thing as consequence.WARNING I m not going to bother spoiler tagging this review It s not worth my time and effort Please be aware there ...4 enthusiastic starsWow I could not stop once I started Addictive Reading I should shout that with upper case.A short, fast paced, mysterious, quirky, joy ride told with the promised wicked humor I was captivated What a treat Don t even read the book blurb, all aboard the Marrakesh Express Who w...And..we are off to Casablanca, Morocco In the first two books that Vendela wrotethe main characters are looking to re invent themselves find their new identity.In this storya woman is stripped her identity A Woman is a robbed of her wallet and passport and she checks into a hotel In a wayVendela is still playing with the same theme though as in her first two books With no identity, brings freedom to create newly re inventing again I m not crazy about this book It And..we are off to Casablanca, Morocco In the first two books that Vendela wrotethe main characters are looking to re invent themselves find their new identity.In this storya woman is stripped her identity A Woman is a robbed of her wallet and passport and she checks into a hotel In a wayVendela is still playing with the same theme though as in her first two books With no identity, brings freedom to create newly re inventing again I m not crazy about this book It s awkward not to give the main character a name I was getting too irritated with the style I wanted to yell out Hey, YOU, what gives What s your real name already Things felt disjointed, to me For a short simple plot story , I resented having to work so hard Then.all of a sudden we have this quick erupt ending I felt cheated In vendela s first two novels, it was easier to relate to the characters I loved the prose, the visuals the dreamy feeling AND THE STORIES BETTER ... The Diver s Clothes Lie Empty because the diver has had her backpack stolen, with her laptop, wallet, passport while checking into her hotel in Casablanca, the city her guidebook suggestsThe first thing to do upon arriving in Casablanca is to get out of CasablancaCome to think of it, the only thing the diver has left is her clothing The thief, caught on security camera, walked serenely out of the hotel, her backpack slung over his shoulder He wisely left her suitcase, which contained noth The Diver s Clothes Lie Empty because the diver has had her backpack stolen, with her laptop, wallet, passport while checking into her hotel in Casablanca, the city her guidebook suggestsThe first thing to do upon arriving in Casablanca is to get out of CasablancaCome to think of it, the only thing the diver has left is her clothing The thief, caught on security camera, walked serenely out of the hotel, her backpack slung over his shoulder He wisely left her suitcase, which contained nothing of value only the diver s clothes The diver the title is taken from a poem by Rumi is our nameless protagonist, a 33 year old American from Florida who has flung herself around the world to escape the fallout from a painful divorce The reasons for the divorce are revealed in bits and pieces and when the puzzle is fully formed, it isbizarre and tragic than we could have imagined Part madcap comedy of errors, part Kafka esque nightmare, The Diver s Clothes Lie Emp...You can t believe that you actually enjoyed a book written in second person, but you did It was like pulling on a beautiful unraveling thread.

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11 June 2018

Vendela Vida