Mike Robbins's Blog - Posts Tagged "literature"
Giveaway: The Lost Baggage of Silvia Guzmán
I'm running a giveaway for my own favourite amongst my books, The Lost Baggage of Silvia Guzmán - a dark satire around the story of a refugee in fashionable liberal London. Do enter for a chance to win a copy. The giveaway is here:
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...
Also available as an ebook of course, for $2.99/£2.16/EUR 3,09.
If you'd like to read more about this book and how it came to be written, the story's here:
http://mikerobbinsnyc.blogspot.com/20...
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...
Also available as an ebook of course, for $2.99/£2.16/EUR 3,09.
If you'd like to read more about this book and how it came to be written, the story's here:
http://mikerobbinsnyc.blogspot.com/20...
Diana Athill
Reading, and enjoying, two fine books by Diana Athill. To whom happy 101st birthday. https://mikerobbinsnyc.blogspot.com/2...
Diana Athill
Saddened by the passing of Diana Athill - who I wrote about only a few weeks ago, including an appreciation of her books Instead of a Letter: A Memoir and Stet: An Editor's Life.
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https://mikerobbinsnyc.blogspot.com/2...
On the Rim of the Sea
So I've written a new book. The first in five years.
On the Rim of the Sea: A Journey in Books is a collection of my best pieces from the last ten years. I am a history buff, so it is in effect a journey through the 20th century in books.
Not the obvious classics, though; I have included books that reflect the lived experience of the century. What was it like to crew a windjammer in the 1910s? How did the First World War look to enlisted men? How did the rise of Fascism seem to a Jewish writer? How did Germans fare under the British occupation? And how has it all looked to a cyclist?
I shan't be writing anyone to solicit a review, as that can be seen (rightly, perhaps) as spam. I interact on Goodreads as a reader more than a writer, anyway. Besides, what I really want is for people to enjoy it. But if they review it too, that'll be a bonus.
On the Rim of the Sea: A Journey in Books is a collection of my best pieces from the last ten years. I am a history buff, so it is in effect a journey through the 20th century in books.
Not the obvious classics, though; I have included books that reflect the lived experience of the century. What was it like to crew a windjammer in the 1910s? How did the First World War look to enlisted men? How did the rise of Fascism seem to a Jewish writer? How did Germans fare under the British occupation? And how has it all looked to a cyclist?
I shan't be writing anyone to solicit a review, as that can be seen (rightly, perhaps) as spam. I interact on Goodreads as a reader more than a writer, anyway. Besides, what I really want is for people to enjoy it. But if they review it too, that'll be a bonus.
On the Rim of the Sea: Freebie
I've made my latest book a free download. I'll leave it there for a week or 10 days.
Authors usually do this in the hope people will write reviews, and I will be very grateful if anyone does, but mainly I just hope people enjoy the book - especially if they are bookworms or history buffs. I shan't know who downloads it, as the software doesn't tell me.
"How will the world see the 20th century a hundred years from now? For many, it was like living right on the edge of a turbulent ocean that threatened to engulf them; and sometimes it did. In this thoughtful book, Mike Robbins looks at the century just gone through those who lived it, and the books they left behind."
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Authors usually do this in the hope people will write reviews, and I will be very grateful if anyone does, but mainly I just hope people enjoy the book - especially if they are bookworms or history buffs. I shan't know who downloads it, as the software doesn't tell me.
"How will the world see the 20th century a hundred years from now? For many, it was like living right on the edge of a turbulent ocean that threatened to engulf them; and sometimes it did. In this thoughtful book, Mike Robbins looks at the century just gone through those who lived it, and the books they left behind."
https://claims.prolificworks.com/free...
On change, war and the passage of time
A change in my life has made me aware of time passing, of one’s former world slipping away, and of loss. A century ago, the First World War did that to millions. Two novels express those feelings with unusual power. Thoughts on leaving New York - and on two quite outstanding novels.
https://mikerobbinsnyc.blogspot.com/2...
https://mikerobbinsnyc.blogspot.com/2...
On change, war and the passage of time
A change in my life has made me aware of time passing, of one’s former world slipping away, and of loss. A century ago, the First World War did that to millions. Two novels express those feelings with unusual power. Thoughts on leaving New York - and on two quite outstanding novels.
https://mikerobbinsnyc.blogspot.com/2...
https://mikerobbinsnyc.blogspot.com/2...
