A new book by Audrey Niffenegger is always something to look forward to seeing as she wrote one of my all time favorite books The Time Traveler’s Wife. Since then, I’ve been following her work rather closely. Her second novel Her Fearful Symmetry, although good, sadly wasn’t able to reach the Time Traveler’s stellar heights. Besides novels, she has also written several graphic novels or novels in pictures as she calls them.
The Night Bookmobile is her latest “novel in pictures” and the first in her new trilogy about the role books play in our lives. It started out as a short story for Zoetrope in 2004 and was adapted into a serial graphic novel for The Guardian in 2008.
Like most of her work, there is a macabre yet soothing atmosphere that exudes from every page. The Night Bookmobile can be best described as a fairytale for adults in which she describes our fascination with reading books and creating our own libraries. It is a story about obsession and the consequences of getting what you wish for.
The Night Bookmobile is a strange yet highly identifiable tale of a young woman who accidently discovers a bookmobile that contains everything she's ever read making her realize how important books are to her. Years pass and her life radically changes but books remain a constant, something she can always count on until one day the bookmobile appears again.
This is a short and intriguing tale for booklovers that explores the darker side of our obsessions with people, places and things. Thought-provoking and fascinating, The Night Bookmobile, is a cautionary tale of the seduction of the written word.
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