Author: Audrey Niffennegger
Publisher: San Francisco, CA: MacAdam/Cage Pub, 2002.
Audrey Niffennegger’s first debut novel is a
“highly original” soaring love story that tells the story of a charming librarian, Henry, who is cursed with
the ability to travel through time as he is born with a
condition known as Chrono-Displaced
Person (CDP).With his condition, he finds himself involuntarily travelling to
different time periods of his life where he meets the beautiful Clare Abshire as a
teenager. At this point in time, they become acquainted which sparks the
beginning of their compelling relationship. The problem is that Claire lives
through time in a normal manner while Henry skips in and through time at random
points of his life. Written in the perspectives of Henry and Clare at
different times in their lives, this moving romantic narrative intricately
details the idea of living without time-constraints. A Leisurely paced must read
that maybe interpreted differently across different readers. Readers may also want to watch
the film adaptation of the time traveler’s wife for a different representation of the
same story.
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