![]() Having not read many of the authors that Gibbons has parodied in ‘Cold Comfort Farm’, I think some parts of the humour were a little bit lost on me but if you are even slightly familiar with the typical features of ‘rural’ classic novels such as the work of Thomas Hardy then it is still a worthwhile read. However, her modern middle-class outlook frequently clashes with the rural way of life as she helps them to adapt to the twentieth century. As soon as she is confronted by her strange relatives, Flora immediately sets about trying to change things on the farm with each character having their own particular problem that needs resolving. ![]() ‘Cold Comfort Farm’ by Stella Gibbons tells the story of nineteen year old Flora Poste who decides to track down her long lost cousins out in the Sussex countryside on Cold Comfort Farm after the sudden death of her parents. ![]()
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5/31/2023 0 Comments The river book by peter heller![]() ![]() ![]() And there is more danger ahead once they rescue a badly injured woman and realize her husband may be lying in wait downriver, not to mention two drunken Texans, potentially deadly rapids, and mandatory portages around falls with names like Godawful and Last Chance. In “The River,” Jack and Wynn, best friends taking time off from Dartmouth, find their lives in peril as they paddle north toward Hudson Bay, with a forest fire bearing down on them. Heller is a manly writer who describes fly fishing with the eye of a poet but lets it be known that he always carries a Glock in his own fishing vest, just in case of bear, cougar or drunken “bowhunters from Arkansas.” The rhythmic voice and lyrical tone of Heller’s new novel “The River” bring Hemingway immediately to mind, as does the author’s theme of young men facing down danger in a rugged wilderness setting. It’s no surprise that author Peter Heller cites Ernest Hemingway as one of his earliest influences. ![]() 5/31/2023 0 Comments Assembly natasha![]() ![]() ![]() As breathtakingly graceful as it is mercilessly true' Olivia Sudjic Dalloway meets Citizen by Claudia Rankine. A literary debut with flavours of Jordan Peele's Get Out' Bookseller, Editor's Choice ' Expertly crafted, remarkable, astonishing. You'll read it in one sitting' Sunday Times Style 'One of the most talked-about debuts of the year. A stunning new writer' Bernardine Evaristo 'I'm full of the hope, on reading it, that this is the kind of book that doesn't just mark the moment things change, but also makes that change possible' Ali Smith ' Diamond-sharp, timely and urgent' Observer, Best Debuts of 2021 As the minutes tick down and the future beckons, she can't escape the question: is it time to take it all apart? At the same time, she is considering the carefully assembled pieces of herself. She is preparing to attend a lavish garden party at her boyfriend's family estate, set deep in the English countryside. The narrator of Assembly is a Black British woman. Go to Oxbridge, get an education, start a career. ![]() |