She has also written scripts for Norwegian television, including for the children’s series Barnas supershow (“The Children’s Super Show”), the drama series Hjem (“Home”) and the comedy series Side om Side (“Side by Side”). I've always envied those who don't need much sleep.

The characters are touching and became people I understand—I shared their joy, love, tenacity, devotion, grief, regret and strength. She and her husband are employed in the process of painting pollen unto the fruit trees to ensure not only their survival but also that of the people who now exist in a world that no longer resembles what we have come to know.

The words and the way Lunde uses them is incredibly effective but the layout and overall plotline just didn't work for me.

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It was like taking a spring swim in a lake of soft beautiful words.

However, the author, Maja Lunde, was able to weave a tale of three generations of bee keepers. I never really connected with any of the three stories. In 2098, the bees have all been wiped out, in China they pollinate by hand, a labor intensive endeavor.

It seems written linearly, i.e., as time goes by. However, the author, Maja Lunde, was able to weave a tale of three generations of bee keepers. I think sometimes, that the authors are trying to create atmosphere, and that is whyI am somewhere between 2 and 3 stars. You will read it until you hurt, and only then will you realize you've been holding your breath. But as I read, I got annoyed and bored. She lives with her husband and three children in Oslo.“I needed seven hours of sleep.

At least. If you like (love) Gabriel Garcia Marquez, you will like (love) The Murmur of Bees. Best Plants For Garden Bees With more and more intensive farming, building and the ever present expansion of rail networks and motorways the UK has lost 1000’s of hectares of natural habitats for 100’s of creatures.

I find that it’s best for speculative fiction in this vein (Margaret Atwood et al.) Plenty of lovely descriptions out there if you want a synopsis of the story.Beautifully written, very slow moving literary fiction with a lot of observations and not much dialogue, set at the start of the 20th century.A Reminder of What Ugly Really Is, and in Turn How to Find the Beauty When the connection is revealed the three stories become one and it’s actually story of us, humans.I received this ARC from netgalley.com in exchange for a review. They just go nowhere. If the bees die, so do we.

It is well crafted. In 2098, Tao has the horrendous job of hand painting pollen on trees in an effort to provide enough food for the Chinese inhabitants. Each of the characters had such touching stories.

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You will read it until you hurt, and only then will you realize you've been holding your breath. Love of a Child and the Mexican Revolution/A Child Found This is one brave author. It is a nice book that attempts to connect three timelines, one in the late 1800’s , the other in the early 2000 and the last one in the late 2000’s . I think one of the main tasks of a writer is to keep the readers interested.

Descriptions of doing this and doing that, one page full, which have no point but to bore the hell out of the reader. Welcome back.

At first I liked the three apparently different stories. The few connections to bees woven into their stories, are just not strong enough to warrant the title of this book.

However, the story unfolds as each of characters interact and from their own perspective.