or are far enough removed to imagine it as somewhere more interesting.
who wouldn’t want to be a member of a group like that...
M jnr is (or would be, if he were allowed to go to school) starting French for his abitur (A-level equivalent, roughly) . For some reason he's resisting my suggestion of Camus' La Peste for light quarantine reading.
- The Wall, John Lanchester - good dystopian novel where Britain has been walled off from the rest of the world. Great concept but perhaps a bit close to the bone currently.
- Barry Lopez, Arctic Dreams. Fantastic nature writing. In the same vein as Robert Macfarlane
I basically find NF very easy to buy / acquire / get excited about.
Isn't it? Although it irks me a little to see Bobby Mac is now the reference point for Lopez, it should forever be the other way round. Has anyone read either of their recent books - Horizon and Underland respectively? I've been waiting for the paperbacks as my house is overflowing...
Frankenstein Absolute classic, well worth reading if you think you know the story but haven't read it. Very, very dark; I imagined it as readable as a dystopian nightmare of artificial intelligence. The alpine landscapes are described beautifully.