Tag: Review of Biographical Fiction

by M. Bijman February 1, 2025

Beautiful and quotable – Antinous was dead.

In the process of writing lyrics, I’ve been doing an awful lot of critical listening, and I’ve been reading aContinue Reading

by M. Bijman November 23, 2023

Art-themed Fiction Discussion of writing style Review of Biographical Fiction Review of historical fiction Review of literary fiction Review of new book

Time-travel into a nightmarish moment in history – The Marriage Portrait, by Maggie O’Farrell

Maggie O’Farrell wrote the sublime historical novel Hamnet and Judith, about the children of William Shakespeare. She has a wonderfulContinue Reading

by M. Bijman December 5, 2021

Backstories Discussion of writing style Review of Biographical Fiction Review of historical fiction

“…Peace in a little heap of vivid dust” – The Leopard, by Tomasi di Lampedusa

Because I absolutely loved Lampedusa, by Steven Price, I had to go back to the novel which caused all theContinue Reading

by M. Bijman March 7, 2021

Review of Biographical Fiction Review of historical fiction Review of previously published novel

Megalomaniac Masters and Monarchs (3) – Undone by Mysteries

The Last Empress, by Anchee Min, is the second in a set of two novels about the Chinese Qing DynastyContinue Reading

by M. Bijman July 2, 2020

Art-themed Fiction Arts-themed novels CanLit Discussion of writing style kunstlerromane Review of Biographical Fiction Review of historical fiction Review of literary fiction Review of new book Review of new novel

Falling for the Leopard – Lampedusa, by Steven Price

Do you where Lampedusa is? Or what it is? Steven Price’s historical novel, Lampedusa, is not actually about the islandContinue Reading

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