#BlogElul Day 11: Trust

                                 Finding the Universe in a Story

     

         A way of coming face to face with what you think or thought often happens when reading a book. When I trust an author, a character within a story, the narrative flow— I may find that the words I read could be my words. While the specific situation differs, different plot, characters that bear no resemblance, the author hones in and explores, delineates some human flaw that resonates with most people. A good author writes so that the reader finds that the story belongs to everyone. Perhaps not each aspect, but enough so that the story is universal.

        While reading  Nicole Krauss’s book Great Houses I came across a paragraph that spoke to me about relationships. The paragraph is too long to quote—but three lines will do.

           “The moment after you walked out of the room I realized that I’d lost my chance. I understood that you had offered me a reprieve, and I squandered it. And I                                       knew it would not come again.”