Group Reads -> December 2021 -> Nomination Thread (Weimar Germany won by Grand Hotel by Vicki Baum)

[Roman Clodia]

Alwynne, on the topic of Lara Feigel, have you read her Literature, Cinema and Politics 1930-1945: Reading Between the Frames? Reading the blurb, it sounds like an interesting way of approaching Woolf and Elizabeth Bowen.

[Alwynne]

Roman Clodia wrote: "Alwynne, on the topic of Lara Feigel, have you read her Literature, Cinema and Politics 1930-1945: Reading Between the Frames? Reading the blurb, it sounds like an interesting way o..."

No, but it sounds just my sort of book.

[Susan]

I've read The Bitter Taste of Victory, but a while ago now. I liked it a lot and the author, of course, wrote the wonderful The Love Charm of Bombs.

[Susan]

Roman Clodia wrote: "Alwynne, on the topic of Lara Feigel, have you read her Literature, Cinema and Politics 1930-1945: Reading Between the Frames? Reading the blurb, it sounds like an interesting way o..."

Wow, £69 on Amazon. Looks good though, if they ever republish or a second hand copy is found that's cheaper.

[Roman Clodia]

University of Edinburgh Press, Susan, so won't be republished but you can sometimes pick up academic monographs as cheap remainders in Gower Street Waterstones, Otherwise it'll be available in college libraries. I wouldn't necessarily read it cover to cover but am very interested to see what she has to say about Woolf and Bowen.

[Roman Clodia]

Alwynne wrote: "No, but it sounds just my sort of book."

I knew it! ;)

[Roman Clodia]

Susan wrote: "I've read The Bitter Taste of Victory, but a while ago now. I liked it a lot and the author, of course, wrote the wonderful The Love Charm of Bombs."

Added to my TBR with ringing endorsements from you and Alwynne. This cut from the blurb sealed the deal: 'Ernest Hemingway, Martha Gellhorn, Marlene Dietrich, George Orwell, Lee Miller, W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender, Billy Wilder, and others undertook the challenge of reconfiguring German society.'

[Alwynne]

Susan wrote: "I've read The Bitter Taste of Victory, but a while ago now. I liked it a lot and the author, of course, wrote the wonderful The Love Charm of Bombs."

I liked that one too, raced through them both, keep meaning to revisit but so hard to fit in re-reading alongside everything else!

[Kit]

Loads of books listed in this thread I want to read! Added to the out of control pile of to read for me.

[Jan C]

I order the three books from Abebooks - cheaper than Amazon.