Time travel, anyone?

I just finished reading the Time Traveler's wife. It was exactly what David Abrams said:

"Every so often, a novel lands in my hands as if it fell from the sky -- a happy surprise of literary delights, a book which transports and transfixes me, an original story which creates its own world with what seems like effortless artistry."

Here's a quick summary of the book from the Internet:
"Henry DeTamble is a time traveler, although not by choice. A genetic mutation causes him to spontaneously travel through time, disappearing from view, leaving behind his clothes and possessions, and arriving naked in another time and another place. For the most part, this is a curse. Henry often has to turn to petty crime to feed and clothe himself when he travels, and must run from people, thugs, or the police. Eventually Henry returns to his present time, bringing only the bodily injuries he's suffered back with him. Sometimes he travels back in time and visits an earlier version of himself. One of the places to which he travels often is the meadow behind Clare's house, and throughout her younger years, Clare meets him there and falls in love with him."

I felt sad when I reached the last page. It was like finally meeting your long lost friend and you try to squeeze all the cool things that you can do knowing that at the end of the day, you will have to say goodbye. Of course, I can always read the book but I know it wouldn't be the same.

I love how the book was surrounded with art; poems, paintings, music. The rilke poems are everywhere, both in English and German. Henry's passion for music and poetry and Clare's need to create are so inspiring. It is a love story, yes. Not just between Henry and Clare but between all the people surrounding their lives: parents, families, ex-lovers. Everyone is full of passion in this book. When you get to know the characters, you will laugh and cry with them. I actually felt both Clare and Henry's pain when they were waiting for the "time" to come.