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Marjorie Brennan’s books of the year, include Claire Kilroy’s return and a belated reading of Maggie Shipstead’s 2021 novel
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Marjorie Brennan’s books of the year, include Claire Kilroy’s return and a belated reading of Maggie Shipstead’s 2021 novel
The author and critic, who died last week aged 87, left behind a treasure trove of writings – sensuous, erudite, experimental and in love with literature. Here are some good places to begin
A. S. Byatt lives and writes in her handsome west London house and, in the summer months, in her house in the south of France. Both are filled with art, predominantly by her contemporaries, libraries of extravagant, Borgesian range and curiosa of many kinds, hinting at her unusual fecundity...
This week, we feature an incisive analysis of the Goths’ sacking of Rome and an endearing novel about ...