Shirley Hazzard dies

[kelber at mindspring.com]

If only Transit had been about Mason and Dixon!

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Becky Lindroos <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>Actually,  Hazzard’s books are all very similar - if you didn’t like The Transit of Venus you might not like any of them.  lol -   But!  Considering the title,  you might have been expecting something different -
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>Cool your mom maybe knowing her.   She did live in NY and was active in feminist events,  issues, etc.  
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>> On Dec 14, 2016, at 5:31 PM, Becky Lindroos <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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>> 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. -  ?? -      
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>> 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.  
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>>> 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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