Waterland and Last Orders
by Graham Swift | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0330481436 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0330481436 Global Overview for this book
Registered by 
Nu-Knees
of Knaresborough, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on 4/15/2021
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
Nu-Knees of Knaresborough, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on 4/15/2021 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
2 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by Nu-Knees from Knaresborough, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Thursday, April 15, 2021
Nu-Knees from Knaresborough, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Thursday, April 15, 2021
I chose this from the selection of books in the delightful cabinet on Larch Close because I've previously enjoyed other novels by this author, including The Light of Day.
Journal Entry 2 by Nu-Knees at Knaresborough, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Nu-Knees at Knaresborough, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Waterland:
An ambitious epic that ranges far and wide in time but not space, staying pretty much rooted in the Fens as it wanders through history, particularly that of the narrator's own family.
The language is beautiful, GS certainly has a way with words, but I didn't really engage with the story - or stories - it was telling me, staying strangely detached as an outside observer . . .
Very good and highly recommended!
An ambitious epic that ranges far and wide in time but not space, staying pretty much rooted in the Fens as it wanders through history, particularly that of the narrator's own family.
The language is beautiful, GS certainly has a way with words, but I didn't really engage with the story - or stories - it was telling me, staying strangely detached as an outside observer . . .
Very good and highly recommended!
Journal Entry 3 by Nu-Knees at Knaresborough, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Sunday, August 8, 2021
Nu-Knees at Knaresborough, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Sunday, August 8, 2021
Last Orders:
A trip to Margate to scatter a friend's ashes from the end of the pier was never going to be a laugh-a-minute day out but, in the hands of a master story-teller, and narrated in the first person by half a dozen of those most closely affected, it's a gripping tale, well-told.
Very good and highly recommended - just like I said about Waterland!
A trip to Margate to scatter a friend's ashes from the end of the pier was never going to be a laugh-a-minute day out but, in the hands of a master story-teller, and narrated in the first person by half a dozen of those most closely affected, it's a gripping tale, well-told.
Very good and highly recommended - just like I said about Waterland!
Journal Entry 4 by Nu-Knees at Burton Leonard, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Friday, October 15, 2021
Nu-Knees at Burton Leonard, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Friday, October 15, 2021
Released 2 yrs ago (10/15/2021 UTC) at Burton Leonard, North Yorkshire United Kingdom
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Carrying 'look after yourself' greetings to a BookCrossing friend who's been throwing himself to the ground . . .
I know you've read half of this - but I'm hoping you haven't read the other half :-)
I know you've read half of this - but I'm hoping you haven't read the other half :-)
Thank you very much this surprise "motley collection of books", which arrived yesterday. There's bound to be something of interest in here.
I have indeed read half of this, so I look forward to the "other half"!
I have indeed read half of this, so I look forward to the "other half"!
I started Waterland a couple of days ago. I am up to page 60, but it's not quite grabbing me as much as other Graham Swift books have. That doesn't mean I won't finish it, but it make get put aside for other reads albeit temporarily.
Have decided not to finish this book. Despite enjoying Swift's books in the past, I couldn't get on with this one.
Am going to release it in the wild this afternoon.
P. S. It was Waterland I struggled with. I read and enjoyed Last Orders a couple of years ago.
Am going to release it in the wild this afternoon.
P. S. It was Waterland I struggled with. I read and enjoyed Last Orders a couple of years ago.
Journal Entry 8 by Deltic at Pier Head in Liverpool, Merseyside United Kingdom on Thursday, August 4, 2022
Deltic at Pier Head in Liverpool, Merseyside United Kingdom on Thursday, August 4, 2022
Released 1 yr ago (8/4/2022 UTC) at Pier Head in Liverpool, Merseyside United Kingdom
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