Lara Pawson Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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This Is the Place to Be | Shortlist Gordon Burn, Bread & Roses, PEN Ack'ley. In the Name of the People | Longlist Orwell, Shortlist Bread & Roses
Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire
Caroline ElkinsLara PawsonFascinating detail from Adam Hochschild's @nybooks review of Caroline Elkin's Legacy of Violence: a history of the British Empire -- and also JP Daughton's In the Forest of No Joy. (Nod to you @DavidLammy 😉) https://t.co/hqw9rpVrNq
Paperback, 2023
$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bear
Staffan GnosspeliusLara PawsonStaffan Gnosspelius's 'Bear', which I only came across this morning while reading @BrixtonBooks, should not be compared with another tale about mental health (involving a mole, a horse etc, &, frankly, utterly sickly sugary yuck yuck). What wonderful drawings these are. https://t.co/Yp7Pw2DZ0d
Hardcover, 2023
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Shell Vestige Disputed
Ian PattersonLara Pawson@SimonOkotie Well I'd recommend Ian Patterson's Shell Vestige Disputed @brokensleep because it's very weird and twists your mind and is like reading very abstracted art through words.
Paperback, 2023
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
In the Forest of No Joy: The Congo-Océan Railroad and the Tragedy of French Colonialism
J. P. DaughtonLara PawsonFascinating detail from Adam Hochschild's @nybooks review of Caroline Elkin's Legacy of Violence: a history of the British Empire -- and also JP Daughton's In the Forest of No Joy. (Nod to you @DavidLammy 😉) https://t.co/hqw9rpVrNq
Hardcover, 2021
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
August Blue
Deborah LevyLara PawsonSince reviewing Deborah Levy's August Blue @TheTLS (coming soon) I've experienced several coincidences, from finding myself at a table with other people who'd also reviewed the book, to discovering that the music I can hear is Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto no. 2. What next?
Paperback, 2024
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II
Svetlana AlexievichLara PawsonThis is a brilliant piece of work. Chapter 7 on PC Pulley is compelling, appalling, familiar. The Frontline reminds me of another superb documentary of conflict & cruelty, Svetlana Alexievich's The Unwomanly Face of War. Published by @RiceNPeas. https://t.co/YjGLA0yvxq https://t.co/EaHGpDFawU
Paperback, 2018
$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lapvona
Ottessa MoshfeghLara PawsonOttessa Moshfegh: ‘like, my God, the world is violent. Why should fiction pretend it’s not?' Could not agree more. https://t.co/91756HevQp
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
I'm a Fan
Sheena PatelLara Pawson@PretiTaneja @Sheena_Patel_ @andothertweets @thebookseller Enjoyed I'm a Fan very much too. Congratulations both!
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre
Keith JohnstoneLara PawsonIt's fair to say Keith Johnstone drew me to @julianofclapton who promptly almost killed me doing a Keith Johnstone impro exercise on a five-way junction in east London. https://t.co/AqtriJGmKr
Paperback, 1987
$54.95$29.95 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Wish I Was Here: The World's Most Extraordinary Places on and Beyond the Seashore
Sebastiaan BedauxLara PawsonAnd here's another review. Not mine, but Nina Allan on @mjohnharrison anti-memoir WISH I WAS HERE. It's a brilliant, formidable "masterly" book, "a literary statement one feels he has been working towards his entire life". https://t.co/CqOgqTJA69
Hardcover, 2018
$60.00$35.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)