Walking The Invisible by Michael Stewart (2021) The new book by Michael Stewart, true son of Yorkshire already acclaimed as the author of Ill Will, is a very enjoyable and original reading. In the twelve chapters of Walking the Invisible (HarperCollins 2021), whose title mirrors that of Sally Wainwright’s 2016 “biopic” To Walk Invisible, the …
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In the Reading Room- Le sorelle Brontë in immagini e parole: a review
Thanks to the kind collaboration with Ripostes (an Italian publisher) we had the chance to read Le sorelle Brontë in immagini e parole (The Brontë sisters in images and words), curated by Alessandro Tesauro. It’s a small text, you can read it in an hour or so- maybe during a quiet autumn evening. The …
In The Reading Room: Natura e Religione, by Simona Scarfogliero – A Review
Natura e Religione is an essay written by Simona Scarfogliero, a young and enterprising writer from Naples, who decided to publish her degree thesis and make it available for all Brontë-lovers. The essay is divided into three different chapters which lead the reader from general to specific. In the first chapter, Simona introduces an overview …
In The Reading Room: Charlotte Brontë, A Passionate Life (Una Vita Appassionata) – A Review
We’ve just re-emerged from a long and pleseant immersion into the pages of Charlotte Brontë: A Passionate Life, a biography by Lyndall Gordon published in Italy last April by Fazi Editore. This biography is something different from every other Charlotte Brontë’s biography we’ve read, and Lyndall Gordon tells us the story of this authoress in …
In The Reading Room: The Brontës, Children Of The Moors- A Review
The Brontës – Children of the Moors: A Picture Book is a lovely book written and illustrated by Mick Manning and Brita Granström, published by Hachette. This awesome book tells us the story of Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne’s life, through simple words and lovely images. In fact, it is an illustrated biography, and Charlotte …