Review: The Masters (Strangers and Brothers #5)
Avis d'utilisateur - James - GoodreadsThe setting of The Masters is Cambridge in 1937. It is the fourth novel in the eleven novel sequence the comprises CP Snow's masterpiece, Strangers and Brothers. Narrated by Lewis Eliot, the story ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Masters (Strangers and Brothers #5)
Avis d'utilisateur - Kelley - GoodreadsA very well-written novel exploring the vanities and insecurities of a group of senior tutors in their efforts to elect a new master of their college in Cambridge, England. This is #4 in an 11 book ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Masters (Strangers and Brothers #5)
Avis d'utilisateur - Snowshoe - GoodreadsI suspect this has the most appeal for people who have experienced themselves the politics of academia -- or any hermetic space. While Snow occasionally relies too much on gesture or repetition, his ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Masters (Strangers and Brothers #5)
Avis d'utilisateur - Giles Denmark - Goodreadsthe good life of academia Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Masters (Strangers and Brothers #5)
Avis d'utilisateur - Susie - GoodreadsMaybe I just didn't get it. Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Masters (Strangers and Brothers #5)
Avis d'utilisateur - Michael - GoodreadsNot bad. A little tedious in places, but CPS does a good job of capturing a certain strand of higher ed politics. Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Masters (Strangers and Brothers #5)
Avis d'utilisateur - Howard - GoodreadsI read this wrapped in a blanket huddled beside a single bar electric fire in a guest house in an Asyut winter. It was a curiously apposite setting in which to read about a Cambridge College in snow (or even Snow on Cambridge). Excellent book. Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Masters (Strangers and Brothers #5)
Avis d'utilisateur - Marie - GoodreadsSometimes I remember this book, and how surprised I was that I loved it. Which shouldn't have surprised me, because it's about British academia in the 1930s, three things I love. I also remember where ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Masters (Strangers and Brothers #5)
Avis d'utilisateur - Bettie - GoodreadsWhat if I happened to start liking Trollope after this dotdotdot : Age is creeping up 3) 'The Masters - Part 1' blurb - It is January 1937 and Cambridge lies muffled under a blanket of deep snow. The ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Masters (Strangers and Brothers #5)
Avis d'utilisateur - Andrei - Goodreadsan excellent guide to a Cambridge college of the 30s. The last chapter is of particular interest as it describes Cambridge/Oxford colleges' history and how (and why) they changed so much in 19th and 20th centuries. Consulter l'avis complet
