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Old 05-05-2020, 06:29 PM   #28874
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Originally Posted by astrangerhere View Post
I guess I am going all out on epics this year. My current list:
  • War and Peace re-read via the #TolstoyTogether project
  • Hilary Mantel's Thomas Cromwell Trilogy (currently re-listening to Wolf Hall)
  • Anthony Powell's Dance to the Music of Time (currently on book 1 -- A Question of Upbringing). I had never heard of this before poohbear mentioned it a few years ago, and it has been on my TBR ever since.

The Week did an interesting article on why now is the best time to read War and Peace, and I think some of the points carry over to reading all sorts of epics. Immersing in a different time and place provides a nice window out of this current crisis - even if it is through experiencing other crises in different times.
I've just finished my yearly re-read of Dance to the Music of Time - it gets better with each reading - esp discovering the infinitely layered web of relationships amongst the major and minor characters! Masterful! And the language requires you to read slowly, notice, and savor.
Enjoy!
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