RIP A. S. Byatt

[Mark Kohut]

I had trouble with *Possession, *which i'll blame on myself and a simple
twist of fate.
Couldn't feel the age; didn't know it but very superficially and the plot
felt ....forced
not organic........I never finished it but, again, I feel my mind was never
all there with it....

I liked a couple shorter things better......Maybe I was just always too
busy to follow a longer plot
easily....

On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 1:57 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Period satire could veer towards insider playtime. But I do expect (hope)
> Posession to have more depth than such style/culture formal play.
>
> On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 1:26 PM Paul Cray <pmcray at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It's a very good book, although it probably helps to be Adam Roberts (
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Roberts_(British_writer)) to get the
> > most out of it. The Victorian poet whose life and work the novel turns
> > around is a mashup of Browning and Tennyson. I suspect the faked up poems
> > are hilarious(*) to a Victorianist!
> >
> > (*) In that they presumably raise many a wry eyebrow and chortle of
> > recognition.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > On Fri, 17 Nov 2023 at 09:32, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks cfa,
> >>
> >> I’ve just ordered Posession from AbeBooks for the *free shipping* price
> of
> >> $4!  I’m always interested in a new author recommendation from a
> respected
> >> source, and who can resist SUCH A DEAL ($4!) !
> >>
> >> David Morris
> >>
> >> On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 10:37 AM Charles Albert <cfalbert at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > A.S. Byatt, Scholar Who Found Literary Fame With Fiction, Dies at 87
> >> >
> >> > I am eternally indebted to the friend who insisted I must read
> >> Possession.
> >> >
> >> > love,
> >> >
> >> > cfa
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