by Rebecca West
I read about 400 pages, which is not "half" but it was enough for me to get the idea that this book was primarily about how Rebecca West wants the world to be - interspersed with some really beautiful, atmospheric descriptions of landscape and city. I wanted to hear from the people in these cities b...
I read about 400 pages, which is not "half" but it was enough for me to get the idea that this book was primarily about how Rebecca West wants the world to be - interspersed with some really beautiful, atmospheric descriptions of landscape and city. I wanted to hear from the people in these cities b...
I finally finished this mother. It was given to me as a gift and I was intimidated by the heft. However, it was one of the finest books I have ever read. It is part travelog, part history, and part literature. It is one of the great books of the 20th century, a magnum opus. A detailed histor...
Writing a five-star review full of superlatives is always difficult: for people who haven’t read it yet, there’s no way any book can live up to the kind of praise that someone who loves it wants to give out. And so I really need to marshall my thoughts here, because I genuinely believe that Black La...
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