by thome2040 | Jul 18, 2017 | Literature, Uncategorized
I read about John Sanford probably 40 years ago, remembering that he had been highly praised, and had it in the back of my mind to explore it further, but when I went to to do so, could find very little on him, not surprising as this was well before the Internet came...
by thome2040 | Nov 14, 2015 | Austrian Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Literature
I’m not sure how I stumbled onto this book but when I did so in the early 80’s it instantly became one of my very favorite books. The title for one thing- I even love the German title Wunschloses Unglück for some reason, probably because I love the book so...
by thome2040 | Sep 25, 2015 | Literary, Literature
Ah, the Powys family, from Shirley, Derbyshire, where to begin? They were that rare commodity, a literary family (families who had more than two published members) who overshadowed the other two literary families, the Brontes and the Sitwells, in quantity if not in...
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