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A captivating book about childhood and education, through the eyes of a child who is considered "borderline" because he doesn't fit into the usual boxes. One of my all-time favorites.
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a very interesting take on another book "Replay"... this also had some orwell 1984 type themes... i like hoeg's writing... detailed, but not too revealing... layering... much like his work with smila's sense of snow...
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Borderliners is one of my favorite books. Peter Hoeg is extraordinarily gifted at creating characters that you become emotionally invested in. The book's central theme is "time" and within the story, you go back and forth between the main character as an adult and his time as a child in an experimental orphanage of sorts. The book is full of the observations about time as seen through the eyes of several children and the pain and horror they experience in their "home". This is a beautiful, tragic, hopeful, frightening look at life and the ebb and flow of time. How time changes us and we, in effect, can alter time. The prose flows across the pages, and will become a part of you. I read this one at least once a year. It is truly beautiful.
