The meeting last night of the Fearless Readers was a lot of fun - most of us even managed to finish In the Beauty of the Lilies. No one liked it much more than I did, but we disagreed enough on the relative strengths and weaknesses to have a spirited conversation.
As per tradition, we left the meeting with a new assignment in hand. This month, we'll be reading Brideshead Revisited
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Friday, March 6, 2009
And the selection is...
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I had to find somewhere to say how much I am loving Brideshead Revisited. Do I ever get why they called it his masterpiece: because as high as the heavens are above the earth is how high BR is above his other book, Vile Bodies.
Which is somewhat like how Waugh would have put it.
Because his prose in this book is stunning.
It's like watching a statue cry in the rain. It's a beautiful capture, under glass, of a time that is no more but feelings that are eternally human.
I hope everyone likes it as much as me. L.
Wow, Lynne - if that doesn't make people want to join in and read, I don't know what would!!!
Thanks so much for the comment!!
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