So does that line, "She wants to be flowers, but you make her owls," come from Alan Garner, as handful_ofdust's remark implies?
Yes. It's from The Owl Service (1967), which if you have not read, you should immediately. It is spare and atavistic and possibly the best novel about myth there is.
Did you read it in French or English?
English! I am not fluent enough in French to read even a short novel in a night. I wish.
Turning that over in my mind... reminds me of the line from "What It Is"
Heh. It might have been there, even if I didn't notice it. My mind is full of echoes.
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Yes. It's from The Owl Service (1967), which if you have not read, you should immediately. It is spare and atavistic and possibly the best novel about myth there is.
Did you read it in French or English?
English! I am not fluent enough in French to read even a short novel in a night. I wish.
Turning that over in my mind... reminds me of the line from "What It Is"
Heh. It might have been there, even if I didn't notice it. My mind is full of echoes.