WORD UNDER THE STREET
You know when you see a stranger on the subway immersed in a book and you’re just dying to know what they’re reading? Well, we asked for you. Read on . . . May Warren
Emilio Deguzman, 22, student at Sheridan College Book: Nocturnes: Five stories of music and nightfall, by Kazuo Ishiguro Stop: Bloor Deguzman is thoroughly enjoying this collection of short stories about “artists and the situations they go through in their own lives,” that takes readers from Italy to Hollywood. “The way it’s written it’s actually beautiful,” Deguzman said, “it’s as if you’re watching a movie in your head.” In the opening story the main character meets a famous artist from the U.S and plans a special tribute to his wife on a gondola, a scene that comes alive “so vibrantly and vividly in your head,” Deguzman said.
Gabrielle Houle, theatre teacher
Book: Rethinking Language Education: from a monolingual to a multilingual perspective edited by Arturo Tosi and Constant Leung
Stop: Bloor Houle is not reading this book for a class but just for fun, to enhance her own knowledge of the field. She teaches at a bilingual institution and wanted to read more about multilingualism. Although “a little dated” with studies from the 1990s, she said she’d definitely recommend it. “It’s very clear, even for someone not interested in the subject,” she said.
Jennifer McLean, 32, student at Ryerson Book: Beneath the Surface by John Hargrove Stop: Osgoode McLean picked up this non-fiction book, about the author’s experience as a whale trainer at Sea World and other aquariums around the world, after watching the documentary Blackfish. The animal lover said she finds it sad to learn about how the whales are treated, but called it “a very good read.” “(Hargrove) did a really good job,” she added.
Matt Rhim, 26, retail sales worker
Book: Chimera by Mira Grant Stop: St. Andrew This terrifying science fiction novel imagines what could happen if humans genetically modified tapeworms. They are supposed to help with different medical conditions, “but then of course everything goes wrong,” said Rhim. “It’s really good,” said Rhim of the book, which is the third in Grant’s cringe-inducing Parasitology series. “It could actually happen.”