Nick on Nostr: Just finished #Maigret And The Man On The Bench, not with this cover sadly. Really ...
Just finished #Maigret And The Man On The Bench, not with this cover sadly.
Really affecting story about a fundamentally good man who tries to carve out his own little secret life during the day, but the greed and pride of those around him end it.
The lovely detail is “goose poo shoes”. Yellowish shoes that were trendy in his youth but he was never allowed. When he’s away from his awful wife he changes into these shoes, symbolising his liberation. He then changes them back every evening.
Really affecting story about a fundamentally good man who tries to carve out his own little secret life during the day, but the greed and pride of those around him end it.
The lovely detail is “goose poo shoes”. Yellowish shoes that were trendy in his youth but he was never allowed. When he’s away from his awful wife he changes into these shoes, symbolising his liberation. He then changes them back every evening.