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roslynmuse
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« Reply #120 on: 08:28:09, 29-03-2007 »
I was toying with buying Instances of the Number Three the other day - another Salley Vickers book - I may well give it a go now!
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« Reply #121 on: 09:20:52, 29-03-2007 »
by Chevalier.
All my friends were reading Chavalier a couple of years ago. I thought it was good at time.
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« Reply #122 on: 00:48:05, 18-04-2007 »
Quote from: Andy D on 01:59:08, 29-03-2007
I recently read



because a friend had recommended it to me and I found it a very moving book. It restored my faith in modern novels which had come to seem to me very dreary and uninteresting. However this book concerns matters which I think can only successfully be explored in fiction.

Has anyone else read it or any of her others?

Another friend has just given me Miss Garnet's Angel so I'll get on to that soon.

The cover is a detail from Caravaggio's The Death of the Virgin - the paintings of Caravaggio feature quite strongly in the book which adds to its appeal for me.

 I have now read the above and can heartily agree with Andy's praise. It's one of those books that has you stopping to reflect on a thought or new perspective every other page, and it seems to reflect a truth about humanity that many of us would rather not admit even to ourselves.

I finished it over breakfast this morning and started Instances of the Number Three over supper tonight.
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« Reply #123 on: 09:52:05, 18-04-2007 »


I've just finished this.  Eco can be quite hard going, but this is one of his lighter novels.  For much of the book it just feels like a list of the things the author read as a child, but towards the end it weaves these together and links it to a very moving story.

I like it for the last 100 pages, at least

Tommo
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« Reply #124 on: 10:00:59, 18-04-2007 »

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« Reply #125 on: 10:02:45, 18-04-2007 »
opera off stage looks interesting tp, and a good source for anecdotes one presumes Smiley

I am currently reading leonardo by K Clark, which is rather good at the moment, but still early days, I thought I would have more time for reading this holiday but it has been a whirlwind, still, nothing planned this weekend so should be able to get through a few pages before saturday afternoon jazz and that handel opera Smiley
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« Reply #126 on: 07:58:51, 20-04-2007 »


Simply the best book to have by your bedside - a workshop of potential literature/art/photography/cartoons/cookery etc
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« Reply #127 on: 22:25:17, 20-04-2007 »
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Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.
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« Reply #128 on: 20:13:10, 21-04-2007 »
Click on the image to see a larger version

This is scanned from my own copy, not got by googling!
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« Reply #129 on: 10:57:01, 23-04-2007 »


I read this at the weekend....it is full of deliciously awful characters, and, I thought very well written.
I enjoyed it a lot.
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« Reply #130 on: 11:14:32, 23-04-2007 »
AndyD, I read Miss Garnet`s Angel last year and I loved it. I`ve been telling people about it ever since. I found it moving and poignant. She writes with a sensitivity and observation that is a joy to read. I do hope you enjoy it.

Jan -  That book is so dark! I found myself turning the pages with an increasing sense of doom hovering by me. You just know it`s going to be a car crash of a situation. Loved it!
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« Reply #131 on: 11:38:32, 23-04-2007 »
I'll be interested to hear what my fellow book-clubbers made of it when we meet up tomorrow evening.



x Jan x
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« Reply #132 on: 23:50:49, 23-04-2007 »
Quote from: Janthefan on 11:38:32, 23-04-2007
I'll be interested to hear what my fellow book-clubbers made of it when we meet up tomorrow evening.



x Jan x

Oooh - which one is you? Do tell!!!  Tongue
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« Reply #133 on: 10:17:23, 24-04-2007 »
I'm the one taking the photo, so not in shot, I'm afraid !

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 x Jan x
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« Reply #134 on: 10:34:21, 24-04-2007 »
Quote from: Janthefan on 10:17:23, 24-04-2007
I'm the one taking the photo, so not in shot, I'm afraid !

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 x Jan x

So you're Diane Kaye, are you? Wink
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