Zero at ten. Snowing - raining - snowing - raining. Gloomy.
Despite not having so much as flipped the cover of January's Nobel Book (see yesterday's post), I'm going to plough on regardless and line up the book I am planning to discuss on February 28 (and hopefully read in between now and then).
The Living and the Dead, Patrick White
The Amazon description has this to say : set in 1930s London, this is a portrayal of the complex ebb and flow of relationships within a family. The ageing Mrs Standish is drawn into secret liaisons; her daughter Eden experiments with left-wing politics; and Elyot, the only son stands aloof.
White, an Australian writer, won the Nobel Prize in 1973, praised "...for an epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature".
A new continent. I like new continents.
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Sunday, 1 February 2009
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Sunday, 1 February 2009
The first of the month
Zero at ten. Snowing - raining - snowing - raining. Gloomy.
Despite not having so much as flipped the cover of January's Nobel Book (see yesterday's post), I'm going to plough on regardless and line up the book I am planning to discuss on February 28 (and hopefully read in between now and then).
The Living and the Dead, Patrick White
The Amazon description has this to say : set in 1930s London, this is a portrayal of the complex ebb and flow of relationships within a family. The ageing Mrs Standish is drawn into secret liaisons; her daughter Eden experiments with left-wing politics; and Elyot, the only son stands aloof.
White, an Australian writer, won the Nobel Prize in 1973, praised "...for an epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature".
A new continent. I like new continents.
Despite not having so much as flipped the cover of January's Nobel Book (see yesterday's post), I'm going to plough on regardless and line up the book I am planning to discuss on February 28 (and hopefully read in between now and then).
The Living and the Dead, Patrick White
The Amazon description has this to say : set in 1930s London, this is a portrayal of the complex ebb and flow of relationships within a family. The ageing Mrs Standish is drawn into secret liaisons; her daughter Eden experiments with left-wing politics; and Elyot, the only son stands aloof.
White, an Australian writer, won the Nobel Prize in 1973, praised "...for an epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature".
A new continent. I like new continents.
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