#the house of doors

[balfasulye]

“ 'Where does a story begin, Willie? I asked.

For a while he did not say anything.

Then he shifted in his chair. 'Where does a wave on the ocean begin? he said.

Where does it form a welt on the skin of the sea, to swell and expand and rush towards shore?' ”

— Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors

[judgingbooksbycovers]

The House of Doors: A Novel

By Tan Twan Eng.

[hattie-morahan]

Hattie is one of the readers of 'The House of Doors' by Tan Twan Eng on BBC Radio 4 this week and next, but all episodes are already available on BBC Sounds.

[richinomega3]

Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors (2023)

Swimming through the bioluminescence | source

[wordshaveteeth]

We grinned at each other with stupid, childlike glee. Our naked bodies were visible in the water, but what was there to be embarrassed about? We were nothing more than two insects preserved in amber, after all.

- Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors

[bookcoversonly]

Title: The House of Doors | Author: Tan Twan Eng | Publisher: Canongate (2023)

[monsterkong]

Embracing Self-Love with Lesley Lindsey Davis: Why You Are Enough

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Grief and Healing: Lessons from the Heart

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The Importance of Self-Talk

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[justyouraverage-god]

[They] edit their memories about the things they’ve said and done—they rearrange the facts—all of us do it. We play with truth, mold it into the form that shows our best side to the world.

The House of Doors (2024) by Tan Twan Eng

[dearestgentlereaders]

and he wonders why his wife would question whether he was ever punished as a child as if he isn’t the most dramatic bitch around

[lotus-pear]

insufferable boyfriends for pride month yw

[bacchuschucklefuck]

typical tavern scene

[lilianeruyters]

Tan Twang Eng || The House of Doors

Booker Prize Longlist 2023 I was quite reluctant to read The House of Doors, I did not know whether a novel about a famous writer would interest me. I am glad I gave the novel a chance. It turned out to be as much about people around the famous writer as about him, it also gave voice to something that was never spoken about in his time and age. Main character in The House of Doors is not…

[marzipanandminutiae]

"most allegedly haunted houses turn out to have gas leaks!"

no they don't. you are merely skimming the surface of mundane shit that can be wrong with old houses with your one puny little explanation that only fits a very small number of cases. try harder

[wordshaveteeth]

The barber pegged a sheet of newspaper around their shoulders, then proceeded to snip their braid off. Without fail every one of the coolies rubbed the back of their head with their palm when they got off the stool. Some of them picked up their severed plait from the ground, coiling it around their wrist or stuffing it into their pocket; but there were also a great number of them who left their cords of hair lying on the ground where they had fallen. Many of the coolies had tears running down their cheeks, but whether from joy or sorrow I could not tell.

- Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors