I've nearly finished The Tortoise and the Hare, as recommended by you. It took me a while to slow my mind to her pace, and the density of her prose, but now I'm hooked. Will add this one to the list, thank you!
Anita Brookner's Hotel du Lac is a good place to begin. It won the Booker Prize and is a rare example of the characters being away from their familiar surrounds. I have read all of her books and they tend to blend into each other over time. Recently read "Look at Me" which was crushing. Thanks so much for introducing me to Elizabeth Jenkins - I was able to find a copy from my library in Melbourne. The Tortoise and the Hare was gently heartbreaking - this was very much the world my mother grew up in.
I've nearly finished The Tortoise and the Hare, as recommended by you. It took me a while to slow my mind to her pace, and the density of her prose, but now I'm hooked. Will add this one to the list, thank you!
I'm so glad you're enjoying it! Isn't she an undiscovered treasure? London Library has lots. she wrote great biographies as well.
Have you read any Anita Brookner? Her many slim novels are the very dense internal worlds of urban English women, set in the 60s and 70s.
I haven't -- but she's on my list! Where do I recommend I start?
Anita Brookner's Hotel du Lac is a good place to begin. It won the Booker Prize and is a rare example of the characters being away from their familiar surrounds. I have read all of her books and they tend to blend into each other over time. Recently read "Look at Me" which was crushing. Thanks so much for introducing me to Elizabeth Jenkins - I was able to find a copy from my library in Melbourne. The Tortoise and the Hare was gently heartbreaking - this was very much the world my mother grew up in.
Splendid thanks! I'm so glad you read that book. Isn't it crushing