tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post6641897431325334542..comments2024-03-26T23:45:35.573-04:00Comments on Typings: Margaret Yourcenar's Memoirs of Hadrianreesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15818057262934008241noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-27609791925418223392019-09-28T15:20:26.055-04:002019-09-28T15:20:26.055-04:00I get the feeling this one may be different from h...I get the feeling this one may be different from her others, though. I read something about Coup de Grace, I think it was, set in Latvia in the immediate post WWI period that sounded interesting and quite different.reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818057262934008241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-1030845876302168902019-09-28T02:52:06.095-04:002019-09-28T02:52:06.095-04:00Oke...then I think I will postpone the French vers...Oke...then I think I will postpone the French version and if I read it it will be in English. Thanks for feedback!NancyElinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15021569006682648126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-48731830276780148272019-09-27T16:47:26.746-04:002019-09-27T16:47:26.746-04:00It was a bit of work. I think she does a good job ...It was a bit of work. I think she does a good job catching the mindset of a 'good' Roman emperor, but there's not much story, or personal tension, outside of the history. It impressed me more than I loved it. But it felt very real.reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818057262934008241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-72002580226077802972019-09-27T02:58:18.522-04:002019-09-27T02:58:18.522-04:00Cathing up on a few of your posts...
Yourcernar, d...Cathing up on a few of your posts...<br />Yourcernar, did you like her style of writing?<br />Did it flow or was it hard work all the way?<br />She is won many prizes but that does not say everything. I have her book L'OEuvre au noir on my Kindle....worth giving it a chance?NancyElinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15021569006682648126noreply@blogger.com