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The Lighthouse (Alison Moore)

12th August 2019 jng 0

The Lighthouse Author: Alison Moore List: Open Option (Man Booker Longlist 2012) Year of publication: 2012 Pages: 184 Goodreads: The Lighthouse          

Orpheus

Etta and Otto and Russell and James (Emma Hooper)

7th August 2019 jng 0

Etta, Otto, Russell and James is a moving novel that chronicles Etta’s solo journey, leaving her husband Otto and friend Russell behind. Set against a backdrop of shared memories, the story delves into themes of […]

Dystopia

Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)

1st January 2019 jng 0

Author: Kazuo Ishiguro Published: 2005 Pages: 288 Project: Orpheus – power of music / unaccepted death / fleeting nature of happiness / love and trust Project: dystopia – technology / social injustice        […]

Orpheus

The Buried Giant (Kazuo Ishiguro)

13th September 2018 jng 0

Author: Kazuo Ishiguro Published: 2015 Pages: 317 Project: Orpheus – unaccepted death / love and trust / fleeting nature of happiness        please note that subscription libraries change over time; regional restrictions may […]

Orpheus

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer)

13th September 2018 jng 0

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close follows a young boy named Oskar Schell who embarks on a quest to uncover the meaning behind a key left by his father, who died in the September 11 attacks. […]

Recent Prize Winner

The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes)

5th August 2018 jng 1

The Sense of an Ending follows Tony Webster, a retired man reflecting on his youth and the unreliability of memory. As he delves into his past, a long-buried secret resurfaces, forcing him to confront the […]

Recent Prize Winner

All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)

5th August 2018 jng 0

All the Light We Cannot See is a historical novel set during World War II, following the intertwining stories of Marie-Laure, a blind French girl, and Werner, a young German orphan with a knack for […]

Poetry into Prose

Remembrance (Emily Brontë)

4th August 2018 jng 0

Remembrance By Emily Brontë Cold in the earth—and the deep snow piled above thee, Far, far removed, cold in the dreary grave! Have I forgot, my only Love, to love thee, Severed at last by […]

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