A Handful of Dust
by Evelyn Waugh | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0140008225 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0140008225 Global Overview for this book
2 journalers for this copy...
Bought in a second-hand-shop to be read and released.
I have just been to the post-office and mailed this to Spain.
Journal Entry 3 by chich at Ibiza - Sant Antoni de Portmany, Illes Balears/Islas Baleares Spain on Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Book received today, many many thanks for this lovely RABCK zimort! I love Evelyn Waugh and can't wait to start reading this novel:)
Journal Entry 4 by chich at Ibiza - Sant Antoni de Portmany, Illes Balears/Islas Baleares Spain on Monday, June 4, 2012
This book is such a gem! Waugh's writing is a beautiful, his style impeccable. Until I started reading Waugh’s works my favourite writer of English literature was Maugham but Waugh is now quietly ascending to the top of my list;)
A Handful of Dust is both light and dramatic, ironic and chilling to the bone, a delightful comedy of manners and a tragic account, all at the same time. The book is beautifully crafted and Waugh manages to make the characters likeable despite their many flaws. He subtly reveals their motivations and what guides them to act the way they do. A wonderful read.
Many many thanks again for sending this my way zimort! I usually make of point of releasing every book I receive through BookCrossing but this is such a gem of a book that I'm reluctant to let it go. I think will keep it in my personnal collection so I can read it again at leisure:)
A Handful of Dust is both light and dramatic, ironic and chilling to the bone, a delightful comedy of manners and a tragic account, all at the same time. The book is beautifully crafted and Waugh manages to make the characters likeable despite their many flaws. He subtly reveals their motivations and what guides them to act the way they do. A wonderful read.
Many many thanks again for sending this my way zimort! I usually make of point of releasing every book I receive through BookCrossing but this is such a gem of a book that I'm reluctant to let it go. I think will keep it in my personnal collection so I can read it again at leisure:)
