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Worthless Men (reading-as-a-writer 10)
View this post on Instagram Why do I bother writing when the world already contains books like Worthless Men by Andrew Cowan (2013)? Set in an English market town in post-Somme 1916, the action spans no more than a couple … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, Reading
Tagged 20th century, historical fiction, history, society, soldiers, war, women
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Testament of Mary (reading-as-a-writer 9)
View this post on Instagram I had to read Testament of Mary by Colm Toibin (2012) twice; the first time to get to the end of a gripping story, the second time to read the words. In between sittings, I … Continue reading
A Whole Life (reading-as-a-writer 8)
View this post on Instagram I really don’t want to write about A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler (trans. Charlotte Collins 2015). I’m afraid I won’t do justice to it – or that thinking too hard about this exquisite book … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, Reading
Tagged characters, historical fiction, history, readers, style, writers, writing techniques
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Field Service (reading-as-a-writer 7)
View this post on Instagram I first read Field Service by Robert Edric a year ago as part of my research into the aftermath of the #GreatWar. I reread it this week as a writer. This is the first book … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, Reading
Tagged Great War, historical fiction, readers, soldiers, war, writers, writing techniques, WW1 or FWW
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Brooklyn (reading-as-a-writer 6)
View this post on Instagram I didn’t want to read Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín because 1950s, small-town, Irish emigre, coming-of-age stories are really not my thing. (Plus, although I loved the clothes I found the film pretty insipid.) Then a … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, Reading
Tagged characters, historical fiction, readers, writers, writing techniques
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Brideshead Revisited (reading-as-a-writer 5)
View this post on Instagram I’ve just reread ‘Brideshead Revisited’ by Evelyn Waugh (1945) because I really didn’t appreciate the brilliance of this novel when I read it a decade or so ago. It feels mean-spirited to condense such bounty … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, Reading
Tagged historical fiction, readers, style, writers, writing techniques
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Mountain Hares & Moonlit Roses 