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After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz
AFTER SAPPHO by SELBY WYNN SCHWARTZ
I’ve been putting off this review because I don’t know how to do this gem justice.
So instead of a proper review, I’ll just gush. This book is a love letter to the sapphists of the 19th and 20th centuries. I mean sapphists to be those women who study the work of Sappho and those who share her love and attraction for other women. The most famous in the book is Virginia Woolf, but, since reading this, I have so many other writers to add to my list.
@galley_beggar_press have defined this as a novel, but it’s genre defying, and that’s my favourite kind of book. It’s part biographical, part historical, part love letter to Sappho, part fictional, part…
Reading this book is a completely new experience and I recommend it to anyone who reads a lot because you’ll appreciate the change in pace.
It’s an absolute travesty that this wasn’t shortlisted for the Booker 2022 (#bookstagramreadsthebooker ) but I’m hoping it will go on to win other prizes because it deserves celebrating.
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I’ve been putting off this review because I don’t know how to do this gem justice.
So instead of a proper review, I’ll just gush. This book is a love letter to the sapphists of the 19th and 20th centuries. I mean sapphists to be those women who study the work of Sappho and those who share her love and attraction for other women. The most famous in the book is Virginia Woolf, but, since reading this, I have so many other writers to add to my list.
@galley_beggar_press have defined this as a novel, but it’s genre defying, and that’s my favourite kind of book. It’s part biographical, part historical, part love letter to Sappho, part fictional, part…
Reading this book is a completely new experience and I recommend it to anyone who reads a lot because you’ll appreciate the change in pace.
It’s an absolute travesty that this wasn’t shortlisted for the Booker 2022 (#bookstagramreadsthebooker ) but I’m hoping it will go on to win other prizes because it deserves celebrating.
#book #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookreview #bookrecommendations #bookrecommendation #bookreader #bookreviews #bookreviewer #bookrecs #bookrec #bookreviewersofinstagram #aftersappho #galleybeggarpress #shelbywynnschwartz