tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post2120245293758737645..comments2024-03-28T12:00:55.653-07:00Comments on FURROWED MIDDLEBROW: Portrait of the artist as a young girl (and as a woman): KITTY BARNE, She Shall Have Music (1938) & While the Music Lasted (1943)Furrowed Middlebrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-36109568823891158592019-01-03T13:26:49.611-08:002019-01-03T13:26:49.611-08:00I downloaded She Shall Have Music and am just lovi...I downloaded She Shall Have Music and am just loving it! It's like finding a missing Noel Streatfeild! I hope you are adding this and the sequel to your reprint line... willafulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17201963128584310884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-71053705199410587812018-09-05T20:27:55.731-07:002018-09-05T20:27:55.731-07:00That does sound interesting Grant. I have Barne...That does sound interesting Grant. I have Barne's other grownup novels on my list and will bump that one up. I'm intrigued to see any contrasts when in how she writes at the beginning of the war and near the end.Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-49642602818480240432018-09-05T20:25:11.099-07:002018-09-05T20:25:11.099-07:00Don't I know it Jerri! But quite worthwhile wh...Don't I know it Jerri! But quite worthwhile when you have the time.Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-29083569684611170922018-09-05T20:24:05.451-07:002018-09-05T20:24:05.451-07:00Oh that's great, I'm sure you're right...Oh that's great, I'm sure you're right. I was so engrossed I forgot to notice the reference and then I couldn't track it down when I looked back. Thanks for that! Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-39617175074581810802018-09-03T04:01:48.584-07:002018-09-03T04:01:48.584-07:00Another good one to go with those (that I recently...Another good one to go with those (that I recently read for its World War II embeddedness) is Barnes's 1944 Enter Two Musicians, about the effects a charismatic husband-and-wife pair of classical composers exert on those who come into their orbit - he drawing on a teenage girl for inspiration during a creative dry-spell while half-seducing her with his art and his wife entangling herself with multiple musical males as motivation for a brilliant concert performance of her own concerto.<br />Grant HurlockAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-78498372257973098372018-09-02T12:59:23.695-07:002018-09-02T12:59:23.695-07:00On my TBR pile, but so many books so little time. ...On my TBR pile, but so many books so little time. Plus other bits of life ongoing. <br /><br />I love your reviews and cover art, as per usual.<br /><br />JerriAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-84572259269804717112018-09-01T01:52:35.478-07:002018-09-01T01:52:35.478-07:00an unspecified urban area not far from London
I s...<i>an unspecified urban area not far from London</i><br /><br />I see that when I wrote about this book I said confidently that the family moved to Bristol. Did you read a US edition which left this out?<br /><br />I really must read <i>While the Music Lasted</i>!callmemadamhttps://callmemadam.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.com