Having checked, it looks like it's a mere 70% off, but it does seem outrageous that I can get it more cheaply than you can! I can buy more if you like... If it's a novel (eg Piranesi) that I think my friends will like, I buy several. I can't promise to read it very soon, as I have a huge TBR pile and not much time. But I do have a vague plan to tear out my fireplace (I am now off the gas grid so the fire is useless) and replace it with a special bookcase for Books by My Grandfather or People I Know (I didn't know my grandfather as he died in 1936), which would give it a better home in the meantime than the dusty towers of books in my bedroom. Roll on retirement and reading time!
I have a very vague memory that I once attended an event somewhere on the shores of Coniston Water involving the Arthur Ransome Society and its president Brigit Sanders (nee Altounyan) - Brigit was the youngest of the family and played the smallest role in the books, but seemed more comfortable with the legacy than her siblings. Anyway, I am trying to remember whether there were Japanese fans present; there must be some reason why I have the Japanese-Ransome connection so firmly established in my head. I see there is a Japanese Arthur Ransome Club (not sure if that link will work, my copy-and-paste doesn't seem to like the Japanese characters).
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Date: 2023-09-25 12:45 pm (UTC)I have a very vague memory that I once attended an event somewhere on the shores of Coniston Water involving the Arthur Ransome Society and its president Brigit Sanders (nee Altounyan) - Brigit was the youngest of the family and played the smallest role in the books, but seemed more comfortable with the legacy than her siblings. Anyway, I am trying to remember whether there were Japanese fans present; there must be some reason why I have the Japanese-Ransome connection so firmly established in my head. I see there is a Japanese Arthur Ransome Club (not sure if that link will work, my copy-and-paste doesn't seem to like the Japanese characters).