Shirley Hazzard dies

[Becky Lindroos]

Yes - imo The Great Fire is better than Bay of Noon.  But check out the summaries or other sources -  the latter was nominated for a Booker Prize back in its day - The Great Fire might have been ineligible because she was living in New York by that time. -  ?? -      

They’re both about WWII (as is Transit of Venus) and what happens to love and loss and so on.   They are kind of slow moving novels - lots of subtlety and nuance - not that different from Transit of Venus - maybe less romance.  


Becky  


> On Dec 14, 2016, at 4:21 PM, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
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> Requiescat in pace, Shirley. I read Transit of Venus years back, and was underwhelmed. My mother was a big fan - I think she actually knew her via her international feminist activities. I still have a mental image of Bay of Noon on my mother's bookshelf. Do you recommend Great Fire over that one?
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> Becky Lindroos <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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> Shirley Hazzard,  the Australian-American author,  has died.   Sad - if you haven’t read anything by her I recommend Transit of Venus (1980) or The Great Fire (2003)  - both super award-winners. Her earlier  Bay of Noon was short-listed for the Booker Prize in 1970 .  
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> https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/dec/14/shirley-hazzard-internationallyacclaimed-australian-author-dies-at-85
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