Requiem: A Hallucination

Evocation. Tabucchi's Requiem is expressive of simple and honest feeling. Feeling of what one sees, observes, remembers, shares and cherishes. A day in the city of Lisbon is what it is about; but more than that, it gives the place back its voice from the past; the footsteps of an anonymous and not so anonymous a past accompany the city's space. I liked Tabucchi's approach to keep things simple and let the tale or story, if you will, unfold... like the day that unfolds and folds to welcome that which does not stop.