Writers and their Book Gifts

wendy · Post by **wendy** » Sun March 6th, 2011, 2:55 pm

Writers decsribe which books they give as gifts and which they would like to receive at

http://bit.ly/gZQYpX

Most surprising to me was AS Byatt NOT selecting anything by Willa Cather. Byatt was key note speaker at the International Cather Conference in France a few years back.

LoveHistory · Post by **LoveHistory** » Tue March 8th, 2011, 4:11 pm

And nobody mentioned Jane Austen.

Margaret · Post by **Margaret** » Wed March 9th, 2011, 6:57 am

Thanks for the link. I enjoyed this. Sarah Waters mentions two of the rather macabre Grimm's fairy tales I also really enjoyed as a child - The Goose Girl and the Ravens (the one where the girl has to cut her finger off to make a key). I can't imagine my parents actually realized what I was reading. In a milder vein, I also enjoyed the Grimm's tale that involved a magic ship - you could fold it up and put it in your pocket once you got to shore and had to travel across dry land for awhile.

LoveHistory · Post by **LoveHistory** » Wed March 9th, 2011, 5:32 pm

I like The Goose Girl. Haven't read that other one.