Blogs Posts on "Persephone Books"

On W.G.Sebald by dovegreyreader scribbles on Nov 8, 2009Once I'd read Rings of Saturn I bought all of W.G.Sebald's books. I then read Austerlitz and The Emigrants and still have Campo Santo and Vertigo left unread, saved as you do (well as I do) when I discover a...

High Wages by Dorothy Whipple by dovegreyreader scribbles on Nov 3, 2009'But there was a point below which Carmen and her colleagues would not go: they referred to this as 'the Whipple line', after Dorothy Whipple, a writer of popular fiction in the Thirties and Forties.' A quote from Carmen Calill...

The World That Was Ours by Hilda Bernstein by dovegreyreader scribbles on Oct 18, 2009When the 'Africa' theme came around for September's Endsleigh Salon gathering I was really spoiled for choice. I had dipped into several general books on the continent itself but none seemed to fulfill that need to know something specific and...

Minnie's Room by Mollie Panter-Downes by dovegreyreader scribbles on Jul 21, 2009Prompted by Julia Blackburn's mention of Minnie's Room : The Peacetime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes I headed for the Persephone shelves to find my copy and I'm very grateful to Julia for the reminder. I flitter and flutter about with...