Originally posted by Don Basilio
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What are you reading now?
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Originally posted by Bella Kemp View PostI adore The Alexandria Quartet, but it's a bit like one of the more obscure Bruckner symphonies - it chugs along and you absorb it almost without thinking, and then there are glorious moments that stop you dead in your tracks and you think Wow!
I remember a review of "Tunc" in (I think) the Observer - the sound of a heavy volume hitting the floor....
I recently read Douglas Botting's fine biography of Gerald, which includes a lot about other members of the family. Lawrence was more than a bit surprised at his semi-literate younger brother's literary success, but they seem to have had a close relationship.
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Originally posted by Padraig View PostOf interest to readers of The Dead by James Joyce:
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/l...dead-1.4068361.
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Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves.
I first read this book very many years ago, aged about 14, so it might well have been a young person's edition as it came out of the school library. His picture of life in the trenches in the First World War along with the many stupidities of the British Army is great writing.
(Another title that deserves an award!)"The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink
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Originally posted by Don Basilio View PostHaving finished The Alexandria Quartet and managed a long experimental work, I've picked up Proust again.
In the past I was bored by Swann's jealousy of Odette, so I may skip that bit when it gets bogged down. (I've just reached the ghastly Verdurins so I'll stay with them for a bit.)
It took me five months to read the whole thing a few years ago. The most rewarding reading experience of my life.
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Originally posted by teamsaint View PostEagle eyed newshounds will have spotted that The Book People have gone into administration.
They seem to have kept their trouble under wraps quite well.
Possibly no great loss!
I bought them this year after a gap, and partly regret doing so: have given up on two of the six.
Given that the Hilary Mantel will probably feature, I'll likely have read that by shortlist announcement time anyway.
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Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View PostI will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I am not a number, I am a free man.
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Originally posted by pastoralguy View PostDon't they sell CDs through Amazon and eBay?
If anybody does happen to be an eagle eyed newshound, please do try to upload a selfie to the forum...........:biggI will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I am not a number, I am a free man.
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