The Frame

from the pen of Jandy Stone

Posts Tagged ‘romance’

Possession

By Jandy • Mar 25th, 2007 • Category: Capsule Reviews

by A.S. Byatt
How long has it been since I had to keep a running list of words to look up? A long time. Yes, Possession is thinking-people’s fiction. The main characters are scholars studying Victorian-era poets (independent of each other), and one of them finds a letter which hints at an as-yet-unknown relationship between a [...]



The English Patient

By Jandy • Jan 3rd, 2007 • Category: Capsule Reviews

It’s many films in one, which is probably why I enjoyed it. If it had been just the overwrought love story between Ralph Fiennes and Kristen Scott Thomas it would have been nothing special. If it had been just the story of Juliette Binoche nursing a burned-beyond-all-recognition Fiennes it would’ve been dull. If it had [...]