Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Travel writing great Patrick Leigh Fermor dies aged 96 - Obituary - The Guardian
Friends and colleagues pay tribute to author revered for his account of walking across Europe
I read "A Time of Gifts" 3 decades ago and was totally obsorbed (obsessively absorbed!) (well okay, just a typo) by Leigh Fermor's writing style - and the material. I am so glad to learn that the conclusion to that proposed travel trilogy is a goer...I look forward to the day when, read & enjoyed, it joins the several others of his works I have on my shelves.
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I read "A Time of Gifts" 3 decades ago and was totally obsorbed (obsessively absorbed!) (well okay, just a typo) by Leigh Fermor's writing style - and the material.
I am so glad to learn that the conclusion to that proposed travel trilogy is a goer...I look forward to the day when, read & enjoyed, it joins the several others of his works I have on my shelves.
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