The Brooknerian

I once kept a record here of my other reading. Then I took an extended break, the reasons for which need not detain us. I never found rewards in publicising my reading. I would not wish to be known as a book blogger, let alone claim connection with notions such as BookTube or BookTok. You will not hear me talking about my 'TBR'. Between 2022 and 2026, several reads stand out: Ford Madox Ford's tetralogy, Some Do Not..., No More Parades, A Man Could Stand Up - , Last Post A love story, in which the principals barely meet, sometimes hardly refer to one another. This creates a rising tension over inordinately long scenes, a chord resolved at the end of the third volume. Many feel the final book was a mistake, but we would not be without it. The BBC adaptation is exemplary. Joseph Conrad, Victory Another masterpiece of modernity, again with very long scenes: the novel in real time, always an hallucinogenic experience. Sir Walter Scott, St Ronan's Well A minor Scott, with a ...