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Anita Brookner
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Yes, her palette is very small. But no one paints the constricted universe of lonely, unworldly women better.
Marian February 17th, 2006 04:34 PM PST
Jill got it right with "the constricted universe of lonely, unworldly women." Read one -- HOTEL DU LAC is the best known, so that's a reason to choose it; a Brookner fan I know recommends LOOK AT ME; or choose the very latest one -- and you will know if that's enough of that! or if you want to read them all. She started good and got better, so chronological is a good plan.
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RANDOM HOUSE website says: "Anita Brookner was born in London in 1928. She received a B.A. from King's College, University of London, and a Ph.D. in the history of art from the Courtauld Institute. Brookner taught at the University of Reading from 1959 to 1964, and since 1967 has been a Lecturer in Art History at the Courtauld. From 1967 to 1968 she was Slade Professor at Cambridge, the first woman to hold that position."
AND THAT IS ALL YOU WILL EVER FIND OUT about Anita Brookner. The details of her life are never broadcast, leaving readers to speculate: Is she a sad case like the women in her novels? Or is she just the opposite, but very private? Does she enjoy letting us wonder?
jill smolowe January 28th, 2006 08:47 AM PST