Whoever doesn’t believe things happen for a reason must seriously be kidding themselves. I swear, it’s crazy how perfect something can be, even a piece of fiction literature…

Now Reading: 'Night Train to Lisbon' by Pascal Mercier

When, one afternoon, mild-mannered and middle-aged Classics scholar Raimund Gregorius walks out of his classroom while giving a lesson, his impulsiveness surprises him as much as it does his students. This break from his hitherto predictable routine is inspired by two chance encounters - the first with a mysterious Portuguese woman, and the second with a book that he discovers in a dusty corner of an old bookshop, which contains the thoughts of an enigmatic Portuguese aristrocrat. With the book as his talisman, Gregorius boards the night train to Lisbon on a journey to find out more about its author, Amadeu de Prado: who was the man whose words both haunt and compel him?

(‘Night Train to Lisbon’ by Pascal Mercier; back of the book.)

I already heard a lot of people talking about this book and everyone always said it’s a good one so I decided to give it a try. I started reading a little already but I’m not convinced by now; I didn’t really get into it yet. I’ll see if that changes once I read more.