#20BooksofWinter

Lisa Hill

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6 months ago

Desertion (2005), by Abdulrazak Gurnah Desertion should have been No 20 for #20BooksOfWinter, but though I finished it a day or so ago, I have been gadding about in South Australia for the past week, so here we are, a little late, a few…

A belated #20BooksOfWinter, No 20: Desertion by Nobel Laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah anzlitlovers.com/2025/09/05/d...

Lisa Hill

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6 months ago

20 Books of Winter 2025 Hosted by Cathy of 746 Books, 20 Books of Summer has been going for a good few years now, but now Annabel and Emma have taken up the project and for the first time there’s a logo which includ…

19/20 for #20BooksOfWinter anzlitlovers.com/2025/05/06/2...

Lisa Hill

@anzlitlovers.bsky.social

6 months ago

The Pickup (2001), by Nadine Gordimer Throughout her writing career, Nobel Laureate Nadine Gordimer (1923-2014) had demonstrated flexibility in the way that she had created her award-winning novels, but surely, welcome though the New S…

#20BooksofWinter No18 The Pickup by Nadine Gordimer anzlitlovers.com/2025/08/31/t...

Lisa Hill

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6 months ago

The Star on the Grave (2024), by Linda Margolin Royal I have categorised The Star on the Grave as historical fiction because it is derived from historical events, but I read it more through a lens on the contemporary issues it explores.  This is the b…

#20BooksofWinter No 16 The Star on the Grave by Linda Margolin Royal
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Lisa Hill

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6 months ago

The Honorary Consul (1973), by Graham Greene First published in 1973, The Honorary Consul is a one of Graham Greene’s later works. It’s one of nine of his novels listed in 1001  Books You Must Read Before You Die, and I’ve n…

#20BooksOfWinter No14: The Honorary Consul by Graham Greene anzlitlovers.com/2025/08/26/t...

Lisa Hill

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6 months ago

Mary Barton (1848, revised edition 1854), by Elizabeth Gaskell Mary Barton (1848, revised edition 1854) is one of three books by Elizabeth Gaskell that are listed in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.  The other  two are Cranford, (1853, see my review) a…

#20BooksOFWinter No 13: Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell: a bit ponderous, but as a ground-breaking work of art in the cause of social reform, it’s still worth reading
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Lisa Hill

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7 months ago

Everything Flows (1970), by Vasily Grossman, 2011 English edition, translated by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler with Anna Aslanyan Everything Flows is the last and unfinished novel by Vasily Grossman (1905-1964).  It has a messy publication history.  My Vintage Classics edition says it was first published in the Russian journa…

No#12 in #20BooksofWinter: Everything Flows by Vasily Grossman translated by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler with Anna Aslanyan. If I'd been a bit quicker with my review I could have tagged it #TranslationThursday, eh @stujallen.bsky.social? anzlitlovers.com/2025/08/17/e...

Lisa Hill

@anzlitlovers.bsky.social

7 months ago

Dottie (1990), by Abdulrazak Gurnah Dottie, the third novel from 2021 Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah, is #No11 of #20BooksofWinter, but despite the looming deadline (August 31) to read the other nine books, I have taken my time to …

#10 of #20BooksOfWinter Dottie, by Nobel Laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah anzlitlovers.com/2025/08/10/d...

Lisa Hill

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7 months ago

England Made Me (1935), by Graham Greene England Made Me is an early novel by Graham Greene; it was his sixth.  And despite its setting in Sweden, it’s a very ‘British’ novel and the title* directs the reader to think ab…

#20BooksofWinter: England Made Me, an early novel by Graham Greene, anzlitlovers.com/2025/08/05/e...

Lisa Hill

@anzlitlovers.bsky.social

7 months ago

Burger’s Daughter (1979), by Nadine Gordimer Listed in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, Nobel Laureate Nadine Gordimer’s Burger’s People (1979) is a superb novel about the collateral damage to family members of activists. …

#No9 of #20BooksOfWinter: Burger's Daughter by Nadine Gordimer — a superb novel about the collateral damage to family members of activists.
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Lisa Hill

@anzlitlovers.bsky.social

7 months ago

No#8 of #20BooksOfWinter The Tin Drum (1959, first English translation 1962), by Günter Grass, translated by Breon Mitchell (2009) and I am glad to see the back of it. anzlitlovers.com/2025/07/22/t...

Lisa Hill

@anzlitlovers.bsky.social

8 months ago

Iron Curtain, a Love Story (2023), by Vesna Goldsworthy After another title abandoned from my quest to read #20BooksofWinter I am back on track with a most enjoyable novel that I romped through in a couple of days, pausing only to think about the way we…

No #7 in my #20BooksofWinter, with thanks to Lolly K Dandeneau at BookStalkerBlog for the recommendation:
Iron Curtain a Love Story by Vesna Goldsworthy anzlitlovers.com/2025/06/26/i...

Lisa Hill

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8 months ago

The Tree in Changing Light (2001), by Roger McDonald This post is a slightly belated homage to Roger McDonald for his birthday on June 23rd. First, a word about the production values of this beautiful artefact.  Published in hardback by Knopf, The Tr…

A slightly belated homage to Roger McDonald for his birthday on June 23rd, my review of The Tree in Changing Light.
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And also a substitute for an abandoned book that I'd chosen for #20BooksOfWinter

Lisa Hill

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9 months ago

Monsignor Quixote (1982), by Graham Greene Monsignor Quixote, a late novel by Graham Greene, has been on my TBR since about 2008, when Readings had a sale of its Vintage Classics. There are four of these Vintage Classics in my list of #20Bo…

#5 of #20BooksofWinter a late novel from Graham Greene: Monsignor Quixote anzlitlovers.com/2025/06/17/m...

Lisa Hill

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9 months ago

Mr Bunting At War (1941), by Robert Greenwood Thanks are due to Marina Sofia at Finding Time to Write for my discovery of the Imperial War Museum Wartime Classics series.  She reviewed a crime novel called Plenty Under the Counter (1943) by Ka…

Another novel for #20BooksofWinter: from the Imperial War Museum's Wartime Classic series Mr Bunting at War (1941) by Robert Greenwood anzlitlovers.com/2025/06/12/m...

Lisa Hill

@anzlitlovers.bsky.social

9 months ago

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