Sir Alfred Munnings, retiring President of the Royal Academy, chooses the 1949 Annual Banquet to launch a savage attack on Modern Art. The effect of his diatribe is doubly shocking, leaving not only his distinguished audience gasping but also many people tuning in to the BBC's live radio broadcast. But as he approaches the end of his assault, the speech suddenly dissolves into incoherence when he stumbles over a name - a name he normally takes such pains to avoid - that takes him back forty years to a special time and a special place. Summer in February is a disturbing and moving re-creation of a celebrated Edwardian artistic community enjoying the last days of a golden age soon to be shattered by war. As resonant and understated as The Go-Between, it is a love story of beauty, deprivation and tragedy.
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I don't normally read romantic novels, and I decided to read this one purely because of the film, but this book totally got me. It is one of the few (so far) English books that I find hard to put down. Had I been given the chance I'd have finished it in one...
評分I don't normally read romantic novels, and I decided to read this one purely because of the film, but this book totally got me. It is one of the few (so far) English books that I find hard to put down. Had I been given the chance I'd have finished it in one...
評分I don't normally read romantic novels, and I decided to read this one purely because of the film, but this book totally got me. It is one of the few (so far) English books that I find hard to put down. Had I been given the chance I'd have finished it in one...
評分I don't normally read romantic novels, and I decided to read this one purely because of the film, but this book totally got me. It is one of the few (so far) English books that I find hard to put down. Had I been given the chance I'd have finished it in one...
評分I don't normally read romantic novels, and I decided to read this one purely because of the film, but this book totally got me. It is one of the few (so far) English books that I find hard to put down. Had I been given the chance I'd have finished it in one...
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Very beautifully written, heart breaking, with certain details subtly handled. I fell in love with Gilbert halfway through the book. Can't wait to see Dan and the stunning seaview at Cornwall.
评分It is an absorbing and exquisite story that i almost hardly stop reading. Quite unbelievable, as a romantic story, uh? It's beautiful, but such a tragedy. The way of flashbacks makes me read the second half of the story in sorrow. I would say Dan Stevens may be the perfect one for the character of Gilbert as i imagine.
评分Very beautifully written, heart breaking, with certain details subtly handled. I fell in love with Gilbert halfway through the book. Can't wait to see Dan and the stunning seaview at Cornwall.
评分Very beautifully written, heart breaking, with certain details subtly handled. I fell in love with Gilbert halfway through the book. Can't wait to see Dan and the stunning seaview at Cornwall.
评分Very beautifully written, heart breaking, with certain details subtly handled. I fell in love with Gilbert halfway through the book. Can't wait to see Dan and the stunning seaview at Cornwall.
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