This is a well-written, beautifully evocative story of an illicit, thinly veiled relationship between a retired bank manager and an 18-year old young woman in the North of England in the late 1980s. On the face of it, this story evokes reminders of Nabokov's "Lolita". Yet, as "A TIME TO DANCE" unfol...
Joseph's eyes opened with a blink of fright.
Can't think of Bragg without the musicThe Hired Man: Opening: As he woke, the word 'wife' raced up from the fathoms of his dream and broke the surface of his mind as gently as the moonlight met his eyes.A Place in EnglandKingdom Come
Can't think of Bragg without the musicThe Hired Man: Opening: As he woke, the word 'wife' raced up from the fathoms of his dream and broke the surface of his mind as gently as the moonlight met his eyes.Although this made a three by the skin of its teeth I am looking forward to the next installment....
This book is not just for lovers of words (of which I am not), but it has a great history of the English speaking peoples interwoven with it, and that will be enough to keep non-word lovers like me completely interested.
I liked this book, with reservations. Its purpose is to consider the many ways the King James Bible has influenced our culture and world, using the 400th anniversary of its printing as the reasonable excuse. Melvyn Bragg does not write as a believer - he's open about his point of view here, and I do...
This is a well-written, beautifully evocative story of an illicit, thinly veiled relationship between a retired bank manager and an 18-year old young woman in the North of England in the late 1980s. On the face of it, this story evokes reminders of Nabokov's "Lolita". Yet, as "A TIME TO DANCE" unfol...
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