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Still Life

Sarah Winman

Start date: October 15, 2025

Finish date: November 15, 2025

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Jul 28, 2022 Linda rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: own, audio, e-book, kindle, ohio-e-book-project, fiction, 2022

I was very confused at the beginning, but, since I was reading it for a book discussion, I decided to hang in there. I'm so glad I did.
I loved this story once I figured out the relationship among all the characters. Who wouldn't love a book with a parrot who wisely joins in on conversations. The book is very well researched and I learned about art as well as a disastrous flood that hit Florence in 1966 and ruined so many antiquities.
The writing is witty and smart.
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Nov 13, 2024 Rosana rated it it was amazing

Shelves: audio-books, 2024

I loved this book. When I finished it, I almost went back to the start to listen to it again. I think actually that I am buying a printed copy (I listened to it on audio) because I want to browse and reread some passages. For certain to highlight some passages and dog-ear some pages.

It is a story of love and friendship; of chosen families; of Florence and art... I could go on. Sarah Winman's writing is poetic and literary without sounding smug. The narrator has a deepness of human understanding ...more

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Nov 01, 2022 Victoria rated it it was amazing

This was a joy to read, full of heart and wisdom. Truly impressive how Winman moves through time. I didn’t want to leave these characters.

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Jul 09, 2023 William rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2023

A very good story very well told. Very accessible and very welcoming, like a warm blanket. It revolves mostly around Ulysses, a British soldier who is part of the invasion of Italy and in the process falls under its spell and that of Evelyn Skinner, an art historian helping with the recovery of the masterpieces secreted away near Florence. An act of kindness leads to his eventual return to Florence and with him comes a motley crew of characters from the pub in London where he worked after the wa ...more

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Dec 14, 2024 Tensy (bookdoyen) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: historical-fiction

I loved this book and it is best described by Pete, one of the wonderful cast of characters that populates this novel: "it is a ballad, about the young men and women who'd come to the city [Florence]. About good rising out of need, about love in all its forms, about kindness and looking out for one another...and about art." Like a fine wine, reading this was soothing and atmospheric. It was also about tragedy, loss, serendipity and a lifetime well lived. What more could you ask from a book?

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