#anitabrookner

“It was then that I saw the business of writing for what it truly was and is to me. It is your penance for not being lucky. It is an attempt to reach others and to make them love you. It is your instinctive protest, when you find you have no voice at the world's tribunals, and that no one will speak for you. I would give my entire output of words, past, present and to come, in exchange for easier access to the world, for permission to state "I hurt" or " I hate" or " I want". Or indeed, "Look at me". And I do not go back on this. For once a thing is known it can never be unknown. It can only be forgotten. And writing is the enemy of forgetfulness, or thoughtlessness. For the writer there is no oblivion. Only endless memory.” #anitabrookner #english #novelist #arthistorian #deathanniversary #practicedying https://www.instagram.com/p/B9l4EndhCMj/?igshid=1269oxv5wb1md

Bought Anita Brookner's Look at Me today on world #bookstoreday #anitabrookner #penguinbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/BomolEpnZrf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=l5qwcujlo8og

The sky is overcast and this calls for a hot cup of tea to go with my #currentread, The Sport Of Kings by C.E.Morgan, which was shortlisted for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2017. _______________________ I finished reading Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner two days ago. The novel shook me up, it made me think of #myshadowself - that part of myself which I’m always wary of. The ending was caused a riot of emotions to bubble up to the surface...Brookner makes the reader look outside as well as inside of himself/herself. Human behaviour is beyond any form of definition; we are driven by needs and wants that sometimes don’t make sense, have no logical concrete foundation. And it is our weaknesses that make us human. In short, I would highly recommend Hotel du Lac. My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ _______________________ #bookstagram #booksofig #thesportofkings #cemorgan #hoteldulac #anitabrookner #bookreview #booksandtea #bookishhygge #bookishallure #bookworm #bookporn #lovetoread #readingiscool #thesimplejoysoflife #whatcouldbebetter (at Mumbai, Maharashtra)

MY SOUL IS A LITTLE BIT ERMA BOMBECK AND A LITTLE BIT ANITA BROOKNER AND THEY LOOK VAGUELY ALIKE SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN PLS THX. #tuesday #tuesdaymorning #writing #writersofinstagram #ermabombeck #anitabrookner #writer #writers #humorist #resemblance #strange #instamood #instathought #like4like #likeforlike #followforfollow #follow4follow (at New York, New York)

‘No, what i crave is the simplicity of routine. An evening walk, arm in arm, in fine weather. A game of cards. Time for idle talk. Preparing a meal together.’  -Anita Brookner, Hotel du Lac

‘Calder recalled asking Brookner after her Booker win what she was going to do with the prize money. Brookner's response was that: 'I'm going to get me shoes re-soled, that should keep my feet in the ground.'’ source

“A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other people to get her own way, and works within whatever system she is in.” - Anita Brookner