I know I've harped on about them before. But for sheer brilliance of story-telling it doesn't get any better for me than Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall and The Hare with Amber Eyes, by Edmund de Waal, awarded Galaxy New Writer of the Year for his riveting family history.
The Hare with Amber Eyes is the book that has made me want to jump up and down and tell people, 'You've simply got to read this!'
I'd jump up and down about Wolf Hall, but nearly everybody I know has already read it!
Agree with you about 'Wolf Hall'. Yet another blogger praising Edmund de Waal's family memoir? I must read it! Esp. as Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild's villa is not far away.
ReplyDeleteGreetings from France.
Oh, you must read it Minnie - if you're able to walk past their houses, it will come so alive for you. Even though I'm not familiar with the streets, I felt I was there in Charles's drawing room, his paintings so well-known to me from art galleries.
ReplyDelete