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25 Modern Classics That’ll Actually Wreck You (In the Best Way)
25 modern classic books that belong on every reading list, from gut-punch literary fiction to genre-bending thrillers. Cormac McCarthy, Zadie Smith, Gillian Flynn, and more. These aren't dusty assignments, they're the books people are still talking about. Here's your no-BS guide to what's actually worth reading. -
25 Modern Classics That’ll Actually Wreck You (In the Best Way)
25 modern classic books that belong on every reading list, from gut-punch literary fiction to genre-bending thrillers. Cormac McCarthy, Zadie Smith, Gillian Flynn, and more. These aren't dusty assignments, they're the books people are still talking about. Here's your no-BS guide to what's actually worth reading. -
25 Modern Classics That’ll Actually Wreck You (In the Best Way)
25 modern classic books that belong on every reading list, from gut-punch literary fiction to genre-bending thrillers. Cormac McCarthy, Zadie Smith, Gillian Flynn, and more. These aren't dusty assignments, they're the books people are still talking about. Here's your no-BS guide to what's actually worth reading. -
25 Modern Classics That’ll Actually Wreck You (In the Best Way)
25 modern classic books that belong on every reading list, from gut-punch literary fiction to genre-bending thrillers. Cormac McCarthy, Zadie Smith, Gillian Flynn, and more. These aren't dusty assignments, they're the books people are still talking about. Here's your no-BS guide to what's actually worth reading. -
25 Modern Classics That’ll Actually Wreck You (In the Best Way)
25 modern classic books that belong on every reading list, from gut-punch literary fiction to genre-bending thrillers. Cormac McCarthy, Zadie Smith, Gillian Flynn, and more. These aren't dusty assignments, they're the books people are still talking about. Here's your no-BS guide to what's actually worth reading. -
https://www.europesays.com/uk/512888/ All the numbers behind Radio National’s Top 100 Books of the 21st century #AGentlemanInMoscow #ALittleLife #AllTheLightWeCannotSee #AmorTowles #AnthonyDoerr #BarbaraKingsolver #BonnieGarmus #Books #BoySwallowsUniverse #BurialRites #DemonCopperhead #Entertainment #HannahKent #HanyaYanagihar #HilaryMantel #LessonsInChemistry #MarkusZusak #PipWilliams #TheBookThief #TheDictionaryOfLostWords #Top100Books #Top100BooksOfThe21stCentury #TrentDalton #UK #UnitedKingdom #WolfHall
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First Monday Book Day: Failure
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https://flipboard.com/@bbcnews/health-2g9ldae7z/-/a-7yWjA52RTXmoChYhDSc9pQ%3Aa%3A3199692-%2F0 En yhtään tiedä, kuka tämä Ella on, mutta aihe on tärkeä. #HilaryMantel kärsi samasta taudista ja häntä pidettiin mielisairaana! Törkeää kohtelua. Minullakin oli tämä, mutta ei ihan niin invalidisoivana kuin monilla. Silti monta kärsimyksen vuotta muistan. Töissä kävin välillä kolmiolääkkeiden avulla ja ajattelin, että onkohan tämä ihan eettisesti oikeinkaan käydä melkein ”kännissä” töissä, niin vahvoja olivat. Mutta kynnys kotiin jäämisestäkin oli iso. #endometrioosi
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@Lyle I read Hillary Mantel's A Place of Greater Safety during the last administration and it was very instructive about how these sorts of things go differently than the instigators intend.
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/121514/ Seven Books To Read If You Loved ‘SIX the Musical’ #AlisonWeir #Books #CJSansom #ClaireRidgway #ElizabethFremantle #Entertainment #HilaryMantel #MarthaJeanJohnson #PhilippaGregory #UK #UnitedKingdom
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I am reading Wolfe Hall, by Hilary Mantel - I must read everything she has written: brilliant stuff.
Anyway, I just came across this glorious line: Thomas Cromwell speaking with King Henry VIII, "“No ruler in the history of the world has ever been able to afford a war. They’re not affordable things."
And I wish we had a Thomas Cromwell today, who would have the courage to speak truth to power.
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The Mirror and the Light (audiobook)
I was about to say that this 38-hour audiobook was the longest I have ever listened to, but then I remembered The Count of Monte Cristo, which was 46 hours, so. This audiobook was the second-longest I have ever listened to.
It felt a bit strange to be diving into this hot on the heels of the recent TV series, which portrayed the events of this book in its six episodes. But then, a 38-hour listen might contain things that weren’t included in the 6 hours of television… maybe?
First of all, garlands of roses to Ben Miles. Whatever your feelings about Mark Rylance, who played Cromwell on TV, have no fear that Ben Miles, who played him on stage, gives a lesser performance as the reader/narrator here. Furthermore, he also knocks Henry the King out of the park, and Norfolk, and Wriothesley (Call Me) and Rafe, and Stephen Gardiner, and so on. Absolutely brilliant in every respect, and when I think about the hours he put in reading these three books, my mind boggles.
I think these audiobooks are both “unabridged” but also versioned for audiobook purposes. I’m not sure. There’s a chat at the end, between Miles and the late author, but to be honest I found Mantel’s squeaky, creaky voice offputting after 38 hours of Ben Miles, so I didn’t listen. But she says something at the beginning about how she’s worked on the audiobook versions (and had selected Miles as the reader).
One feature that stood out for me across all three books was the way that Mantel used pronouns (and changed her use of pronouns). In Wolf Hall, the first book, she uses he a lot, to refer (usually) to Cromwell, the point of view character, and (inevitably) any other he who is in the picture. I think this was a deliberate stylistic choice, putting us solidly within her hero’s viewpoint and internal monologue. But it could be confusing at times, because you didn’t always know which he was the pronoun’s referent. A kind of alienating effect I suppose, that gave Wolf Hall it’s literary edge.
But then in the subsequent books (the audiobook versions, at least), we get a lot of he, Cromwell, thinks… which feels like a sop to all those who complained about the pronouns in Wolf Hall. Yes, they are out there, and so are Mantel’s defenders. Personally, I liked the feature and the way it worked. But, as I said, by the time you get to The Mirror and the Light, it’s he, Cromwell, or he, Lord Privy seal… I found this compromise in style more jarring than the original, unadorned, pronoun use.
Within these pages, Cromwell reaches the acme of his career. But if the mountain had been a long steep climb on the way up, the way down turns out to be a precipitous drop off a cliff. One day he is Earl of Essex and Lord Great Chamberlain, and the next his enemies come for him and he is in the Tower. That it really happened is hard to believe. If you want to know how betrayal feels, read this book.
And while all this is in the TV series, you do feel it much more in the book because there is more detail, and there are things that were skipped over for the purposes of the visual medium. The main thing I think the TV show missed out were the various other candidates for Henry’s fourth* wife. His disappointment in missing out on one in particular most probably fed into the disdain he showed for Anne of Cleves, which was just the latest in several failures he laid at Cromwell’s door.
By all accounts, Mantel dreaded writing about Cromwell’s downfall and death. It’s handled slightly differently here than it was on TV. Much of what is relayed visually on television is internal monologue. I love the words that Mantel put into the mouth of Cromwell’s most loyal French servant, Christophe, at the end. His curse of Henry is probably close to what happened. As Mantel mentioned at the beginnning of the chat at the end, Henry lived seven more years, in pain the whole time. He was just 55, which is young for someone of such wealth and privilege. Bloody Norfolk died in his bed at 80-odd.
Anyway: superb. Bought it for the long journey to France over Christmas, and it has kept me company then and since. I have no idea what to listen to next.
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*This business of “Henry VIII and his six wives” — how did it ever take hold? If we take him at his word, the first marriage doesn’t count, and nor does the fourth. If we approach this from a purely technical viewpoint, his second so-called marriage was invalid and bigamous, and his fourth wasn’t consumated. Knowing what we know about the state of his health, would it be a surprise to learn that his fifth and sixth marriages weren’t consumated, either? So at best, he had four “wives” — and maybe it was only the two.
#Books #henryViii #HilaryMantel #HistoricalFiction #MirrorAndTheLight #thomasCromwell #WolfHall
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CW: Wolf Hall, series 2: The mirror and the light
Watching episode 1 of the new series of the BBC production Wolf Hall.
Absolutely flawless.
Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell is perfect. The settings and camera are perfect. If you listen carefully, you hear the incredible voice of soprano Grace Davidson in some of the soundtrack. Lady Mary is played magically by Lily Lesser, the daughter of Anton Lesser, who was Thomas More in S1.
#WolfHall #HilaryMantel #MarkRylance #GraceDavidson #LilyLesser
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‘Henry VIII is a serial killer and abuser’: why is Britain still so obsessed with the Tudors? https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/12/henry-viii-is-a-serial-killer-and-abuser-why-is-britain-still-so-obsessed-with-the-tudors #Televisionindustry #Television&radio #PhilippaGregory #HilaryMantel #Historybooks #Television #Education #WolfHall #WolfHall #Culture #History #Society #Books #Women
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‘Henry VIII is a serial killer and abuser’: why is Britain still so obsessed with the Tudors? https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/12/henry-viii-is-a-serial-killer-and-abuser-why-is-britain-still-so-obsessed-with-the-tudors #Televisionindustry #Television&radio #PhilippaGregory #HilaryMantel #Historybooks #Television #Education #WolfHall #WolfHall #Culture #History #Society #Books #Women
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‘Henry VIII is a serial killer and abuser’: why is Britain still so obsessed with the Tudors? https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/12/henry-viii-is-a-serial-killer-and-abuser-why-is-britain-still-so-obsessed-with-the-tudors #Televisionindustry #Television&radio #PhilippaGregory #HilaryMantel #Historybooks #Television #Education #WolfHall #WolfHall #Culture #History #Society #Books #Women
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‘Henry VIII is a serial killer and abuser’: why is Britain still so obsessed with the Tudors? https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/12/henry-viii-is-a-serial-killer-and-abuser-why-is-britain-still-so-obsessed-with-the-tudors #Televisionindustry #Television&radio #PhilippaGregory #HilaryMantel #Historybooks #Television #Education #WolfHall #WolfHall #Culture #History #Society #Books #Women
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‘Wolf Hall’ Producer Says Cost of Making U.K. Drama Has Risen ‘Exponentially’ Due to U.S. Streamers: ‘It’s Caused Us a Real Problem’
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What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in September https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/oct/01/what-were-reading-writers-and-readers-on-the-books-they-enjoyed-in-september #HilaryMantel #AnneEnright #Culture #Books
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Hilary Mantel was my mentor. Here are seven things she taught me about writing – and life
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/sep/19/hilary-mantel-mentor-seven-things-she-taught-me-writing-and-life
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"I only became a novelist because I thought I had missed my chance to become a historian."
#parisreview #hilarymantel #books #interview
https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6360/the-art-of-fiction-no-226-hilary-mantel -
“The question is not who influences you, but which people give you courage.”
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From the provincial setting and character depictions, to insights into the spiritualist subculture peppered with Mantel’s skillful wit... Everything about this book was enjoyable. Add to that a rather unconventional and original approach to its themes, and you have a recipe for a great, genre-bending novel.
In my latest blog post, a review of Hilary Mantel's novel "Beyond Black."
https://grammaticus.blog/2024/07/17/book-review-beyond-black/
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#HilaryMantel said self-confidence was the most helpful quality a writer can cultivate b/c it gets one past rejection. She didn't say it was the best quality. Ppl are answering the May 19 #WritersCoffeeClub that arrogance is wrong, but imagine your work were rejected and you were humble and thought, "You know? I yield to their wisdom. I give up trying to be a writer." Wouldn't that truly be the wrong move?
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I modified the #WritersCoffeeClub May 19 question in my original reply, fully quoting Mantel, b/c the original Q misspells #HilaryMantel's name and IMO wrongly sums up what Mantel meant. Here's today's WCC prompt as written so you can compare the two:
19. Do you agree with Hillary Mantell, who said the best qualities for writing are self-confidence and a little arrogance?
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#WritersCoffeeClub May 19: Do you agree w/ #HilaryMantel, who said, "The most helpful quality a writer can cultivate is self-confidence – arrogance, if you can manage it. You write to impose yourself on the world, and you have to believe in your own ability when the world shows no sign of agreeing with you.”
Yes. You only try to publish if you believe the world needs to hear what you have to say, yet if you want ppl to be receptive, you have to be receptive to them as well.
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‘Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light’ First Look Sees Kate Phillips Reprise Role as Henry VIII’s Short-Lived Third Wife Jane Seymour
#Variety #Global #News #HilaryMantel #WolfHallhttps://variety.com/2024/tv/global/wolf-hall-the-mirror-and-the-light-first-images-1235958780/
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Daar is-ie, de 50ste editie van Schrijven met Ouariachi!
Om dat feestelijke getal luister bij te zetten bedacht ik een uitdagende prijsvraag.
En ik heb het over de onovertroffen Hilary Mantel.
#creatiefschrijven #storytelling #HilaryMantel #prijsvraag
https://jamalouariachi.substack.com/p/hilary-mantel-als-je-overgevoelig
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It's a little late, but I'm sharing my #2024 reading challenge - which is to read my TBR shelf before I buy any new (other than monthly book club) books....
#books #reading #2024readingchallenge #Shelfie #18books
#Margaretatwood
#Stephenpinker
#Owenjones
#Bradleywiggins
#Davidmitchell
#Erinmorgenstern
#Damongalgut
#Angelacarter
#Hayfestival
#Neilgaiman
#Hilarymantel
#Stephenking
#Richardcoles
#Jonathancoe
#Deliaowens
#Robertmacfarlane
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It's a little late, but I'm sharing my #2024 reading challenge - which is to read my TBR shelf before I buy any new (other than monthly book club) books....
#books #reading #2024readingchallenge #Shelfie #18books
#Margaretatwood
#Stephenpinker
#Owenjones
#Bradleywiggins
#Davidmitchell
#Erinmorgenstern
#Damongalgut
#Angelacarter
#Hayfestival
#Neilgaiman
#Hilarymantel
#Stephenking
#Richardcoles
#Jonathancoe
#Deliaowens
#Robertmacfarlane
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📚 A Memoir of My Former Self: Hilary Mantel continues to excel in her posthumous collection of essays - #review
She notes, "Being a novelist has taught me, if I didn’t know before, that almost all human situations are complex, ambiguous and shifting."
#HilaryMantel #books #memoir #bookstodon #BookReview
https://howtobe247.com/a-memoir-of-my-former-self-hilary-mantel-continues-to-excel-review/
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Needless to say, this posthumously published Hilary Mantel book...
“Leave the reader hungry. You are looking for the one detail that lights up the page: one line, to perturb or challenge the reader, make him feel acknowledged, and yet estranged.”*
... goes straight to the top of my mustmustmust read list.
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This new book about #historicalFiction looks absolutely wonderful. Just ordered me a copy and going to read and review soon. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/historical-fiction-now-9780198877035?cc=gb&lang=en& #history #books #histodons #fiction #histodon #writing #creativeWriting #HilaryMantel #Bookstodon
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Good morning!
This is one of my favourites.
Do you have this in your life? Are you able to be this for others?
'The question is not who influences you, but which people give you #courage.' ~ #HilaryMantel (from a Paris Review interview)
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A lovely opportunity for #HilaryMantel fans: you could win a special edition of WOLF HALL, our first ever #WalterScottPrize winner, with this competition over at @Thebookerprizes to rename their trophy
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History: Wisdom from the wonderful Hilary Mantel 🖋 📚
#History #AustralianHistory #AustralianStories #Histodons #AustralianPodcast #HistoryPodcast #OzHist #HistoryWriting #HilaryMantel
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This is a rubbish year. So many geniuses no longer with us.
#Pele #VivienneWestwood #ChristineMcVie #RobbieColtrane #Elizabeth #AngelaLansbury #HilaryMantel
So many idiots still hanging around.
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This is a rubbish year. So many geniuses no longer with us.
#Pele #VivienneWestwood #ChristineMcVie #RobbieColtrane #Elizabeth #AngelaLansbury #HilaryMantel
So many idiots still hanging around.
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I just finished listening the The Mirror and the Light, book 3 of Hilary Mantel’s Thomas Cromwell trilogy. Such incredible writing paired with an amazing reader in Ben Miles. If you’re thinking of getting into a good, oh, 60+ hours of stunning audio story, try this. I’m now in the period of mourning after finishing something wonderful & not wanting to start another yet. Also mourning the recent death of the author. #HilaryMantel #ThomasCromwell #WolfHall #HistoricalFiction #Histodon #Audiobook
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@albinokid #JamesJoyce #AmyBloom #TCBoyle #JoanDidion #VirginiaWoolf #HarukiMurakami #HilaryMantel Just a few of my favorite authors. Add your own, boost, to find more #readers
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Have seen a few #bookstodon folks posting this so I’m having a go!
Who are 5-7 of your favorite authors? Add them as hashtags so we can find each other, boost this, share your own, etc. Some of mine: #HilaryMantel
#MadelineMiller
#JaneAusten
#JeanRhys
#MargaretAtwood
#KazuoIshiguro
#JimCrace
… and I suppose I ought to say #LordByron but that’s really for his letters 🤓
