tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220995767842596634.post3845525045830224232..comments2023-06-08T09:12:49.418-07:00Comments on A Good (Enough) Woman: Wolf HallGood Enough Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16531793545583712309noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220995767842596634.post-1971157904860016972012-11-12T17:49:57.379-08:002012-11-12T17:49:57.379-08:00I think Hilary Mantel was definitely one of the UK...I think Hilary Mantel was definitely one of the UK's most under-rated writers (until the Booker Prize, of course). She has an incredible sense of place - I've just read her 'Vacant Possession', which captures the bleakness of 1990s northern England with biting black humour and a sort of spooky melancholy. I took to the odd POV in Wolf Hall right away. Amstr - I loved Wolf Hall but I think Bringing up the Bodies' was even better.Bavardesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10737120234578385755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220995767842596634.post-69241684420767741892012-11-12T11:57:34.874-08:002012-11-12T11:57:34.874-08:00Oops--that should be "Bringing Up THE Bodies&...Oops--that should be "Bringing Up THE Bodies"Amstrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288210594697010215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220995767842596634.post-42848639479098398332012-11-12T11:56:59.323-08:002012-11-12T11:56:59.323-08:00Hear, hear!
Now you've got me thinking I shou...Hear, hear!<br /><br />Now you've got me thinking I should pick up "Bringing Up Bodies" for my holiday reading this year. It would be perfect--just enough before my research period to give me some imaginative context but not override the historical facts. (Though I understand Mantel is quite painstaking in how she handles history.) <br /><br />If you haven't seen it yet, you might also enjoy the New Yorker profile of Mantel (http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/10/15/121015fa_fact_macfarquhar). It's an interesting read.Amstrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288210594697010215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220995767842596634.post-63394079974235847032012-11-10T16:34:53.656-08:002012-11-10T16:34:53.656-08:00I'm grateful for the warning/review, too, sinc...I'm grateful for the warning/review, too, since a relative gave me a copy, and I've been meaning to read it. This will move it up on my "maybe over Christmas" list. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.com