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Original Title:	Lanterns Across the Snow
ISBN:	0517570068 (ISBN13: 9780517570067)
Edition Language:	English

Lanterns Across the Snow

Susan Hill

Hardcover | Pages: 79 pages

Rating: 4.18 | 61 Users | 14 Reviews

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Title	:	Lanterns Across the Snow
Author	:	Susan Hill
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 79 pages
Published	:	September 27th 1988 by Clarkson Potter (first published October 26th 1987)
Categories	:	Holiday. Christmas. Fiction. Childrens

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Last night, the snow fell. And then I began to remember. And today is Christmas Eve, and still it snows, and still I go on remembering, and the memories will keep me company.

This is a special book. Tiny; jewel-like; perfect. The opening few pages, written from an old woman's perspective had me worried this was going to be mannered and consciously artsy, but once that's gone and we're in the experiences of a 9 year old experiencing a magical Christmas in the West Country, a century ago - rural, inward looking, but warm and welcoming - we have an idyll full of beautiful imagery and description and tiny detailed observations of nature. As gorgeous in its way as Dylan Thomas's child's Christmas memories.

There's death and birth and carols and snow and Christmas cake and doubts and certainties and warm fires and icy hearths.

I can see this book becoming a regular Christmas ritual from now on.

(#5 in my Year of Reading Women)

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Susan Hill was born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire in 1942. Her hometown was later referred to in her novel A Change for the Better (1969) and some short stories especially "Cockles and Mussels".She attended Scarborough Convent School, where she became interested in theatre and literature. Her family left Scarborough in 1958 and moved to Coventry where her father worked in car and aircraftA delightful little tale of Christmas long ago. Told through the eyes of elderly lady Fanny, we find her reminiscing about Christmas at the turn of the twentieth century when she was just 9 years old. This is rural England in the raw and if it doesn't fill you with nostalgia, and a longing for the simple pleasures in life, then I'll be very surprised. A lovely little tale.

This delightful book contains the reminiscences of Fanny's Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and St. Stephen's Day when she was nine years old. It is the serendipitous treasure that I picked up at a library sale today, and I loved it. It made me nostalgic for something I've never actually experienced -- an English country Christmas at the turn of the last century. It is a sweet little gem.

What an enchanting little book. The poetry, the choice of words, the word repetition, is highly stunning. Words and images glitter off the page as you relive a magical Christmas with the narrator. I havent read a book where the snow-lit world has so deeply come to life. It is blindingly reflective of a talented and moving author.

Is it just the fabulously evocative writing about that Christmas long ago that elderly Fanny recalls so simply? Or is it the host of ones own personal reminiscences that this magic little book immediately conjours up taking one rapturously back to the innocent age of 9 years old? Either way or both it was a 5 star journey for me. Certainly big on sentimental tugging of the heart strings but if you cannot do that at Christmas when can you? And a forcible reminder of times not so long ago which

A delightful little tale of Christmas long ago. Told through the eyes of elderly lady Fanny, we find her reminiscing about Christmas at the turn of the twentieth century when she was just 9 years old. This is rural England in the raw and if it doesn't fill you with nostalgia, and a longing for the simple pleasures in life, then I'll be very surprised. A lovely little tale.

This story is told in the form of a memoir, but isn't. A vicar's daughter in what seems to be Edwardian England has various experiences during the Christmas season and learns about life and death; beautifully described setting in rural England with a love for the people and the land evident.

An enchanting little story, very poetic and lyrical. The book has those trademark Susan Hill touches of familiar little moments and observations, accentuated with a prose style that resonates strongly. I think I read the last passage about 3 times it was so beautiful. I found the narrative more staccato than other of her books and all-in-all it was a little too twee for me, but it still remains a lovely little tale, outlined in shrewd descriptions of a snowy winter and filled with a traditional