De zwarte heuvel
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9789045014685
Publish date: February 2009
Publisher: Atlas
Edition language: Dutch
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Travel,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Family,
Modern,
Modern Classics
my coverDedication: For Francis WyndhamAnd for Diana MellySee that dedication, Diana Melly was the wife of avant garde George Melly, a larger than life English jazz and blues singer, who was always milling around at both the literary and jazz festivals in Hay, and with Dankworth and Lane at Brecon J...
Not the best novel I have ever read, but certainly not the worst. There are colorful characters aplenty as well as intergenerational drama and intrigue. I just couldn't connect to the characters very well, a reflection on myself rather than the quality of writing or storytelling.
This is a nice, quiet little novel to pick up when you don't want anything upsetting or scary or suspenseful to read. It's very much place-driven and character-driven rather than dependent on an exciting plot. Chatwin covered 80 years in 250 pages, so there's no excess prose or boring passages. T...
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