| R I P Hilary Mantel 11:38 - Sep 23 with 760 views | WeWereZombies |
Just been announced on the BBC website, she was only 70. Those books about Thomas Cromwell had me hooked, could hardly put them down. |  |
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| R I P Hilary Mantel on 11:40 - Sep 23 with 710 views | BloomBlue |
Must admit I never thought I would enjoy those books but like you they had me hooked |  | | |
| R I P Hilary Mantel on 11:44 - Sep 23 with 695 views | Guthrum |
That's very sad news. Not just the quality of her historical novels, but also what she said and wrote in the media on various subjects. |  |
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| R I P Hilary Mantel on 12:56 - Sep 23 with 621 views | NthQldITFC |
Absolutely superb writer. |  |
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| R I P Hilary Mantel on 13:08 - Sep 23 with 599 views | hoppy |
Has the obituary been published yet? I’d not seen the Mantel piece.
Too soon? |  |
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| R I P Hilary Mantel on 13:24 - Sep 23 with 571 views | WeWereZombies |
| R I P Hilary Mantel on 13:08 - Sep 23 by hoppy |
Has the obituary been published yet? I’d not seen the Mantel piece.
Too soon? |
Good grief.
I suppose you do not believe people are gone until we bring up the bodies... | |
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| R I P Hilary Mantel on 18:01 - Sep 23 with 419 views | factual_blue |
A truly sublime writer. I've just finished The Mirror And The Light. At 875 pages it was more of a you can hardly pick it up, but the writing is so exquisite you'd happily read another 875 pages. |  |
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| R I P Hilary Mantel on 18:10 - Sep 23 with 412 views | NthQldITFC |
| R I P Hilary Mantel on 18:01 - Sep 23 by factual_blue |
A truly sublime writer. I've just finished The Mirror And The Light. At 875 pages it was more of a you can hardly pick it up, but the writing is so exquisite you'd happily read another 875 pages. |
She was the absolute opposite of one dimensional 'action-packed' crap like Dan Brown etc. Just as with the likes of John Le Carre, she could write gripping prose where very little action happens and the story is all in the characterisations and implicit motives of the characters.
I recently finished Bring Up The Bodies for the third time or so, and it's the sort of book that slows you down and takes you there and lets you smell the scenery and hear the background. Fantastic. | |
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