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Carousel: A Novella
213 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 20, 2026
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May 23, 2026
Twenty four hours love
I love Richard Linklater's Before trilogy, especially Before Sunrise. Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke and a flirtation that turned into so much more. I always hoped it would happen to me. This is like that… but a novel. Carousel is great! Two Americans, new lovers, going through Paris — the Seine, Notre Dame, a whole lot of other landmarks, all while knowing that the clock is counting down, something which makes it sort of better and makes it feel more. At least until time is up, actually. There’s a lot of paintings in Carousel too, which I love. I too love Van Gogh. In fact, the prose itself is painterly. Sometimes the detail and close focus on the couple dragged but then a page later there would be a little gem like, “Hippocrates said, ‘Life is short, art is long.’ He’d live, life he’d inhale, dizzyingly.” And I was right back in. It’s a great travelogue— of love and of Paris. I loved it! I think I’ll do it again in the future.
There are so many quotes! This is a favorite:
“It was always springtime in love. And you had to fight for it. He would fight for it. You had to die for it, be willing to die for it, to die for love. Because life, like nature, was a great temple and every offering made was paid in blood.”
I love Richard Linklater's Before trilogy, especially Before Sunrise. Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke and a flirtation that turned into so much more. I always hoped it would happen to me. This is like that… but a novel. Carousel is great! Two Americans, new lovers, going through Paris — the Seine, Notre Dame, a whole lot of other landmarks, all while knowing that the clock is counting down, something which makes it sort of better and makes it feel more. At least until time is up, actually. There’s a lot of paintings in Carousel too, which I love. I too love Van Gogh. In fact, the prose itself is painterly. Sometimes the detail and close focus on the couple dragged but then a page later there would be a little gem like, “Hippocrates said, ‘Life is short, art is long.’ He’d live, life he’d inhale, dizzyingly.” And I was right back in. It’s a great travelogue— of love and of Paris. I loved it! I think I’ll do it again in the future.
There are so many quotes! This is a favorite:
“It was always springtime in love. And you had to fight for it. He would fight for it. You had to die for it, be willing to die for it, to die for love. Because life, like nature, was a great temple and every offering made was paid in blood.”
May 31, 2026
Carousel was such a fun read. I could feel the authors love for Paris and the little moments in life! Definitely recommend, and will re-read before I go to Paris (one day!).
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