By Jim Crace
You can tell it's going to be a great book when after a few pages you're already mad at Jesus... This is a book with an original plot that is written beautifully in an amusing style that does not reduce its seriuosness one bit. It is highly recommended. Although containing some disturbing descriptions, it is nothing compared to ones found in this author's other book "Being Dead". [242 pp.]
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Ragnarok
By A.S. Byatt
After enjoying A.S. Byatt's Children's Book so much, I was excited to find a much smaller book by her in the library. Obviously, I took it. It was quite different. It told the story of the end of the gods according to nord myths. As experienced by a "thin girl" during the war (WWII). It took me a while to get into it, but I eventually did. [192 pp.]
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After enjoying A.S. Byatt's Children's Book so much, I was excited to find a much smaller book by her in the library. Obviously, I took it. It was quite different. It told the story of the end of the gods according to nord myths. As experienced by a "thin girl" during the war (WWII). It took me a while to get into it, but I eventually did. [192 pp.]
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The Children's Book
By A.S. Byatt
A very interesting story about a couple of generations in the turn of the century (19th to 20th) in England. From the time they were very young, or just born, till realizing their dreams, or not surviving WWI. The story is intertwined with historical reports, some are more interesting than others, and a detailed account of the pottery making methods and procedures. This book took me a while to finish (which I finally did 3.5 weeks ago), but by the end I wished I had not finished reading it -- I enjoyed reading it, even though there were some pretty harsh descriptions of scenes and events. Highly recommended, and if you're interested in pottery consider it a must read. [896 pp.]
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A very interesting story about a couple of generations in the turn of the century (19th to 20th) in England. From the time they were very young, or just born, till realizing their dreams, or not surviving WWI. The story is intertwined with historical reports, some are more interesting than others, and a detailed account of the pottery making methods and procedures. This book took me a while to finish (which I finally did 3.5 weeks ago), but by the end I wished I had not finished reading it -- I enjoyed reading it, even though there were some pretty harsh descriptions of scenes and events. Highly recommended, and if you're interested in pottery consider it a must read. [896 pp.]
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