Well, first post- I've been looking for somewhere like this for a long time.
For a while now I've been devouring history books- Andrew Marr, Jan Morris, Laurence Rees, Andrew Roberts etc, and I've just lost track of whats happening in fiction. I'd love to read a 'story' now, a novel- and what I'd love is something with emotion. Not sure how I'd categorise that!
Anyway, if anybody has read these & has any recommendations for something similar, it would be much appreciated!
Nicole Krauss- The History of Love
Jean Rhys- Wide Sargasso Sea
Herman Hesse- Narcissus & Goldmund
I guess the only common themes in that lot are that the main protagonists go on some kind of emotional journey, they suffer some heartbreak along the way and the books really dig into (ahem) 'the meaning of life'
Many thanks if anybody has any ideas