12 days ago by vsudia

This read left me somewhat puzzled. While reading, and upon completing The Death of the Heart, I paused to ponder my overall impression and then, as now, I’m still unsure. At times it seemed a silly tale of a naive orphan and her unwelcoming family and then struck me as brilliant writing with keen i ...

100 Books in 100 Weeks - vsudia.wordpress.com · 3 references

36 days ago by Edward Champion

(This is the seventeenth entry in the The Modern Library Reading Challenge, an ambitious project to read the entire Modern Library from #100 to #1. Previous entry: Lord Jim) “I won’t ruin it for you,” emailed my fellow Modern Library reader Steve, “but so far, that’s the 2nd worst book I’ve read for ...

Reluctant Habits - edrants.com · Rank: 8,115 · 936 references

42 days ago by quotedb

“When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out.” Elizabeth Bowen

Famous Quotations, Daily ... - quotedb.net · Rank: 19,388 · 6 references

67 days ago by The Literary Omnivore

The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen I committed a bibliophilic sin, ladies and gentlemen—I watched the movie before I read the book. To be fair, I had no idea the book existed when I watched the film last summer, which was on a list of recommended films for my Ireland trip. (I’m getting dangerousl ...

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73 days ago by Wayne

During the two days before his departure (during which he stayed in the smoking-room and had his meals sent in to him on a tray) Mrs Quayne’s idealism spread round the house like flu. It very strongly affected poor Mr Quayne. All the kick having gone from the affair with Irene, he fell morally in lo ...

Three Score & Ten - livesinlit.com/blog · 2 references

74 days ago by Chiara Biondini

“[…]Quanto pensate che durerà questa guerra? C’è qualcosa che potremmo fare oltre a cercare di non farci caso?”. “Non chiedetelo a me” disse lui, ma sospirò, come se si sentisse gravato dal peso dell’onniscienza. “Poche centinaia di morti dalla nostra parte, credo, che non è una parte, gente impauri ...

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82 days ago by Kiara

Vi segnaliamo la riedizione de L’ultimo settembre, capolavoro della scrittrice irlandese Elizabeth Bowen a cura di Neri Pozza: il romanzo ritorna a far parlare di sé per eleganza e trama, intrecciate nell’ambito dell’aristocrazia anglo-irlandese degli anni ’20 e della sua decadenza, raccontate attra ...

Irlandando - irlandando.it · 50 references

85 days ago by Federica Galetto Nightingale

Per tutti gli appassionati di classici della letteratura inglese, è appena uscito in tutte le librerie la riedizione di “L’ultimo settembre” (“The last september”) di Elizabeth Bowen per i tipi di Neri Pozza. Il secondo romanzo della grande scrittrice irlandese uscito in patria la prima volta nel 19 ...

DIARIO DI PENSIERI PERSI - diariodipensieripersi.com · Rank: 16,097 · 56 references

88 days ago by Miss Darcy's Library

Greetings, everyone! Here I am, back at last from my week in England, where, if you recall, I went to read a paper at a conference in London, and then to do a spot of research at the King’s College archives in Cambridge. The conference went very well. Thanks to a dress rehearsal the night before, wh ...

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134 days ago by Gäst

Eva växer upp ensam på de olika skolor hon går i, även om fadern tar henne med på resor. Fadern är homosexuell och har haft ett utomäktenskapligt förhållande med en annan man. Sannolikt är det därför Evas mor lämnar henne snart efter födseln. Relationen mellan Eva och fadern verkar distanserad. Han ...

dagensbok.com - dagensbok.com · Rank: 4,070 · 272 references