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Jeg
Our Evenings: A Novel | Alan Hollinghurst
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Pickpick

Just finished this sitting in the precious winter sun. What a wonderful story. David tells us of his life in the 60s to Covid times. It seems to me a life well lived . The writing is beautiful. Set in England it also chronicles changing attitudes to gay people and dark skinned people. I heard the author on the radio and. Knew I wanted to read this book. I also loved his book The Line Of Beauty. Both ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Graywacke
Our Evenings: A Novel | Alan Hollinghurst
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Mehso-so

Hollinghurst, the gay author, is a beautiful, elegant, paced writer. And this audiobook is read perfectly. But, whoa, slow. David Winn has many layers of separation between his single mother home, half-Burmese appearance, gay sexuality, and those of wealthy, elite-school classmates. The book keeps going through his 1970‘s acting career, many relationships, and on to covid. A little too much too slowly for this listener. But I liked the style.

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Moss_Croft
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CarolynM I hated Death of a River Guide (I thought there was a much better book in there struggling to get out) and vowed never to read him again, but I keep hearing good things about this one. Maybe one day… 4mo
Moss_Croft I've tried a couple of others, this is the only one he's really nailed! 4mo
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Graywacke
Our Evenings: A Novel | Alan Hollinghurst
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I‘ve been picking away at this since Dec 27. I‘m sort of mostly done, but just wanted to share what I‘m actively listening to.

This is my first Hollinghurst, so I‘m just learning what an elegant prose writer he is. Everything is beautiful. It‘s also really long, patient and slow. The life a gay actor on an Oxford scholarship.

CarolynM Looking forward to this one. I really like his writing. 5mo
HardcoverHearts Exquisitely beautiful and the last chapters were much more emotional than I expected them to be. I found it a deeply moving life story. 5mo
Graywacke @HardcoverHearts i‘ve been afraid to respond because while I completely agree with everything in those 1st sentences, i didn‘t quite get the experience on the last one. 🙂 I mean, it‘s moving, but I went along too long for me. 4mo
HardcoverHearts @Graywacke Completely fair! For me, the poignancy of the ending colored earlier portions of the book. But I can see how it could be viewed as too long. 4mo
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Night_Reader
Our Evenings: A Novel | Alan Hollinghurst
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Bailedbailed

This book started strong but completely fizzled out 40% in. I bailed at 60%—life‘s too short for boring books, and I‘ve hit my limit on privileged, elite British society.

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VRM1975
Our Evenings: A Novel | Alan Hollinghurst
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Panpan

. 7/10

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ClairesReads
Our Evenings: A Novel | Alan Hollinghurst
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Pickpick

All the feelings of a big classic novel. This is old-fashioned storytelling, complete with lush prose, layers of characterisation, and a context that lives as much as the characters do. A really immersive story about struggles of class, race, sexuality, and family in post-war Britain. I wish I‘d been able to submerge myself in this more completely, a drawn out reading let me miss a bit of nuance I‘m sure. An excellent read.

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Nebklvr
Elephant Run | Roland Smith
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Pickpick

I had never heard of the involvement of Burma in WWII. This adventurous and atmospheric novel is packed with great characters and dire situations.

RobES My grandfather was captured in Burma in WW2! I would love to read this! ❤️ 10mo
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Dilara
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An insider's travelogue, originally written in English in the nineties (and published later). Ma Thanegi, an artist from Yangon, goes on a pilgrimage bus tour around Myanmar, and tells us about the people she meets, the food she eats and the places she sees. I learned a lot and it's also a good springboard for further research (because my knowledge of #Myanmar was abysmal). The photos in the French version were well chosen.

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