tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post6309309991010121518..comments2024-03-29T00:28:38.155+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Penelope Fitzgerald's Birch ForestNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-38261117892074526632009-05-06T13:45:00.000+01:002009-05-06T13:45:00.000+01:00"By autumn, when their aromatic sharpness seemed t..."By autumn, when their aromatic sharpness seemed to have vanished, or rather to have been assimilated into the burial scents of the decaying earth ..." Beautiful, and rather Hardyesque, no? Certainly sounds like one for my ever-expanding "to read" list. <br /><br /><I>The Blue Flower</I> is truly extraordinary -- the only novel that I've ever finished and then turned straight back to page one and read right through again. Partly for sheer pleasure, but also to see if a second reading would provide any more clues as to <I>how she did it </I>. Which it didn't, of course.jonathan lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05986943428040953041noreply@blogger.com