Instead, Turtle Diary is a quiet, thoughtful examination of the lone Review published in 3:AM Magazine. Fortunately, Hoban’s 1975 novel bears little resemblance to this simplistic narrative. It would be understandable to expect Russell Hoban’s Turtle Diary to be a light-hearted romantic comedy, one where two lonely protagonists come together over a crazy caper, a plan to set free the sea turtles in the London Zoo, fall in love, and live happily ever after. Turtle Diary is a tale of man’s place in the world. I could not have accepted the idea of myself as a stereotype when I was young but I can now. And there seem to be only a few things to do with life, in various combinations. I have seen the same face on a titled lady and a barmaid. The range of human types and actions is not terribly wide. Polperro seemed to me like a streetwalker asking for money to maintain her virginity. A few feet away were a souvenir stand and a shop full of pottery things and coppery things and sea-urchin lamps with light bulbs in them shining through the sea-urchins. Turtle Diary is a tale of the heritage the nature had left to man: The windows were all closed, the place was quite airless. When I opened the door to my flat it was like opening a box of stale time. Turtle Diary is a tale of loneliness and isolation: There are some books that can accommodate much more than the number of their pages may suggest, and Turtle Diary is one of those. They kill the whales to feed the dogs so the dogs can shit on the pavement and the people can walk in it. They make dog- and cat-food out of them, face creams, lipstick. Turtle Diary is a tale of loneliness and isolation: When I opened the d We always forget that our planet is our home and behave like predators… We always forget that our planet is our home and behave like predators… They won’t stop killing the whales.
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