The Book Trunk

This site is dedicated to my grandmother, who ran away from her Norwegian home in 1915 and arrived in England with nothing but a trunk full of books.

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Wednesday, 22 July 2015

A Doomed Love Affair

I’ve never read any Elizabeth Bowen before, and I didn’t quite know what to expect from The House in Paris , with its themes of love, sex...

Sunday, 19 July 2015

The Wine of Solitude

The Wine of Solitude, published in 1935, translated into English by Sandra Smith in 2011, The Wine of Solitude is a sad sort of book,...

Friday, 17 July 2015

French Connections

Paris! The Eiffel Tower is an instantly recognisable image of the city, and this photo (which I took a few years back) conjures up memori...

Tuesday, 14 July 2015

Revolution and Markets in Paris

I love Paris, but it’s a while since I’ve been there and, sadly, I’m unlikely to make it this year either, so I’m making do with a ‘virtual’...

Thursday, 9 July 2015

I'm in Shiny New Books!

Woo hoo! I am so excited because those nice people at Shiny New Books have used one of my reviews in their summer edition. They’ve featu...

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