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The Instant
Title | The Instant |
Writer | |
Date | 2025-07-10 09:45:46 |
Type | |
Link | Listen Read |
Desciption
Wishing to leave the quiet isolation of her Orkney island life, Amy Liptrot books a one-way flight to Berlin. Searching for new experiences, inspiration and love, she rents a loftbed in a shared flat and looks for work. She explores the streets, nightclubs and parks and seeks out the city's wildlife - goshawks, raccoons and hooded crows. She looks for love through the screen of her laptop.Over the course of a year Amy makes space for something to happen, hoping for the unexpected. And it comes with an erotic jolt, in the form of a love affair that obsesses her.The Instant is a frank and luscious look at the addictive power of love and lust. It is also an exploration of the cycles of the moon, the flight paths of migratory birds, the mesmerising power of Neolithic stonework and the trails followed behind by a generation who exist online.
Review
I can't really explain why I liked this, because the subject matter wasn't very special and I found the part about the break up even a bit overly dramatic to be honest. It's just that I like Liptrot's writing style very much,the way she looks at things, her descriptions of Berlin, and her love for nature (this time in the midst of a city).