After the Quake

I experienced a strange case of déjà vu while reading the final story, around page 83 but i cannot seem to find it again.
the expression ‘like a bolt from the blue' seems to have become a staple. Maybe that is what triggered it since i just recently finished ‘Killing Commendatore' where the phrase is used and explained in a very similar way as it was in this book.

I especially liked the two last stories.

Absolutely terrible and a total waste of time. It's a collection of short stories with the central motif being an earthquake which plays absolutely no role at all with any subsequent plot developments. After introducing a couple of plot points, none of them are resolved at all. I was askance about the book half way through and despite that completed it. Highly pretentious, egregious and a chore to go through.



Plus the sex scenes are plain groan worthy.

“Strange and mysterious things, though, aren't they- earthquakes? We take it for granted that the earth beneath our feet is solid and stationary. We even talk about people being ‘down to earth' or having their feet firmly planted on the ground. But suddenly one day we see it isn't true. The earth, the boulders, that are suppose to be so solid, all of a sudden turn as mushy as liquid.”