Flâneuse, by Lauren Elkin
As soon as I saw this book I knew that reading it was a must, as a companion to Edmund White’s masterly Flâneur, and it absolutely did not disappoint. Lauren … Continue reading
A Man of Genius by Janet Todd
“A Man of Genius portrays a psychological journey from safety into obsession and secrecy. It mirrors a physical journey from flamboyant Regency England through a defeated Europe struggling to create … Continue reading
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‘Three fine days and a thunderstorm’ – thus did King George the Second perceptively define a British summer in the 18th Century, demonstrating that very little has changed, meteorologically … Continue reading
Ciao, Carpaccio! An Infatuation, by Jan Morris
I always wanted to go to Venice since I was a teenager studying Othello for A level, and, much more to the point, Byron’s Childe Harold. In Canto 3 there … Continue reading
Sharing Poetry
About a year ago, I joined a book group – after years of resistance. When it comes to reading, I am still a bit of a stroppy teenager, instantly resistant … Continue reading
Altai
In another review of Altai by Wu Ming, novelist Ian Sansom said that we tend to forget that historical fiction is experimental, because it’s inventing a past, and messing around with … Continue reading
Funky cold Messina …
Among the many translations of Much Ado About Nothing, that into Italian seems the most appropriate. In Italy, love, intrigue and treachery seem fit matters for comedy: Silvio Berlusconi is … Continue reading
The Book of Human Skin – Michelle Lovric
This is Michelle Lovric’s fourth novel for adults and like the first three, it focuses on semi-fantastical historical settings, with larger-than-life characters. She favours the later eighteenth and early nineteenth … Continue reading
This Week on Vulpes Libris …
It’s going to be a wild ride on Vulpes Libris this week. We’ll be keeping company with – among others – a bonkers nun, a debut novelist and one of … Continue reading
A Taste of Venice: At Table with Brunetti, by Donna Leon and Roberta Pianara
I look forward every year to the latest Donna Leon novel – picking it up means disappearing into Venice and the surrounding lagoon in the company of characters of agreeable … Continue reading
Coming up on Vulpes Libris
We have action packed week for you all, I hope you you’re all prepared? We have vengeance, history, thrills, spills and tearful goodbyes. Brace yourselves. Monday: Jackie considers The Revenge … Continue reading
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