I've just finished Salley Vickers' novel, Miss Garnet's Angel, and am about to read it again. Vickers lectures on literature and is a Jungian psychotherapist – she is also a writer who can do that rare thing, take religious, metaphysical and psychological themes and weave them into a narrative that helps us love and affirm our own humanity. The painting is by Vittore Carpaccio, and it features only briefly in the novel – it is however used on the cover. Once I've read the novel again I'll come back to this – but I'm happy to encounter a novelist I hadn't read before – and discover I have two friends for whom a Salley Vickers' novel is a favourite.
Salley Vickers and the joy of novels
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10 responses to “Salley Vickers and the joy of novels”
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Glad to hear that you’ve enjoyed Sally Vickers who is one of my favourite authors. Can I recommend The Other Side of You by her, which I have read twice and will read again. It could be one of my all-time favourite books – art, theology, humanity. It inspired Paul Goodliff to paint a picture.
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Glad to hear that you’ve enjoyed Sally Vickers who is one of my favourite authors. Can I recommend The Other Side of You by her, which I have read twice and will read again. It could be one of my all-time favourite books – art, theology, humanity. It inspired Paul Goodliff to paint a picture.
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Hi Geoff – The Other Side of You is on my list – I’m now into Mr Golightly’s Holiday. Glad to see you back on the blog – thought you’d done a virtual abscond!
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Hi Geoff – The Other Side of You is on my list – I’m now into Mr Golightly’s Holiday. Glad to see you back on the blog – thought you’d done a virtual abscond!
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I was given this book last year and it sits unread on my shelf. Your post has encouraged me to make it the next novel I shall read!
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I was given this book last year and it sits unread on my shelf. Your post has encouraged me to make it the next novel I shall read!
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She’s one of my favourites too!
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She’s one of my favourites too!
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I love Miss Garnet’s Angel – I read it just before I took 68 school musicians to Venice!
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I love Miss Garnet’s Angel – I read it just before I took 68 school musicians to Venice!
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