Behind words are other things: motivation, value, nuance, dialogue. If she understands syntax, she will understand your need to lie. Understand that she knows the difference between books and reality but by god, she’s going to try to make her life a little like her favorite book.
Let her know that you understand that words are love. Give her Neruda, Pound, Sexton, Cummings. Give her the gift of words, in poetry and in song. Give her books for her birthday, for Christmas, for anniversaries. Ask her if she loves Alice or she would like to be Alice. Understand that if she says she understood James Joyce’s Ulysses she’s just saying that to sound intelligent. See if she got through the first chapter of Fellowship. Let her know what you really think of Murakami. She might give you a glare, as most girls who read do not like to be interrupted. If you take a peek at her mug, the non-dairy creamer is floating on top because she’s kind of engrossed already. She’s the girl reading while waiting in that coffee shop down the street. They can never resist smelling the pages, especially when they are yellow and worn. You see that weird chick sniffing the pages of an old book in a secondhand book shop? That’s the reader.
She’s the one lovingly looking over the shelves in the bookstore, the one who quietly cries out when she has found the book she wants. You’ll know that she does because she will always have an unread book in her bag.
Date a girl who has a list of books she wants to read, who has had a library card since she was twelve.įind a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes, who has problems with closet space because she has too many books. In 2002, the Danish / Canadian writer shifted to the US.Date a girl who reads. in the History of Ideas from Aarhus University, Denmark, Fortier spent two terms at Corpus Christi College, Oxford as an Associate Graduate Member. She began writing her first novel at the age 11 and since then, she has written the novels Hyrder på bjerget (in Danish, 2005),Juliet (in English, 2010), Julie (co-written with Nina Bolt in Danish, 2013), Amazonerne's Ring (in Danish, 2013) and The Lost Sisterhood (in English, 2014). Thanks to her mother, Birgit Malling Eriksen, Anne developed a love of music and languages at a very early age. Earlier Fortier has also co-produced the Emmy Award-winning documentary Fire and Ice: The Winter War of Finland and Russia. A film adaption based on the Novel is currently in production by Paramount/Montecito with director James Mangold and multiples writers from Hollywood and Bollywood on board. Juliet takes place in Siena (Sienna) in Italy and is based on the story of Romeo and Juliet. Born in 1971 in Denmark, Anne Fortier is the author of the Newyork times bestseller 'Juliet'.
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