Liz Heron
Auteur de Illuminations: Women Writing on Photography From the 1850s to the Present
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Liz Heron
Truth, Dare or Promise: Girls Growing Up in the Fifties (1896) — Directeur de publication — 37 exemplaires
Streets Of Desire: Women's Fictions of the Twentieth Century City (1993) — Directeur de publication — 7 exemplaires
Oeuvres associées
Correspondence: Georges Bataille and Michel Leiris (1819) — Traducteur, quelques éditions — 27 exemplaires
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Interesting read about life in the 1950s and enjoyable.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 7
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 124
- Popularité
- #161,165
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 13
The writing is beautiful, eloquent and pictorial. The descriptions of Venice are wonderfully evocative and atmospheric. I enjoyed this element in the book as it took me on a trip down memory lane. However, I found the story lacking something. It didn’t totally engage with me, sadly. I found it a little tedious at times and quite heavy going. I found the characterisation somewhat flat, too. I don’t know very much about opera, which is one of the tale’s themes, so maybe this had something to do with my lack of enthusiasm. If you’re an opera fan, maybe this is a book for you.
An interesting and unusual read, but at the end of the day not really my cup of tea.… (plus d'informations)