Moon Tiger: Or the Life & Times of Claudia H. - a History of the World

from Berly

Claudia Hampton is a beautiful, famous writer, old now, dying in a hospital. The nurses tend to her with quiet condescension, but she is unfazed, quietly plotting her greatest work :a history of the world, and by this she means her own. Claudia is not necessarily a likable woman. I wondered throu...

from Lucy_Rock

I have to admit that this has been a difficult book to reconcile myself with. Not only did the premise of reading about an elderly woman on her deathbed sound a little depressing but our main protagonist neither said nor did very much to endear me throughout the initial few chapters. Claudia Hamp...

from kjuliff

I enjoyed [Penelope Lively]]'s [Moon Tiger]. In the last decade I've been put offreading books about infirm and dying women going over their past lives. But I liked the sound of the MC Clara and the way Lively uses her memories to “document” Clara's history of the world. I liked Clara's unconvent...

from vancouverdeb

Let me preface this review by saying that I have read two books by Penelope Lively, Family Album and How It All Began. She is one of my favourite authors ,based on those two books, but sadly [Moon Tiger ] disappointed me. Perhaps my expectations were too high, or perhaps she has refined her writi...

from charbutton

Wow. A wonderful book about a woman called Claudia looking back on her life as death approaches. As she acknowledges, historical events are open to all kinds of interpretation and the events of her life are often presented from different points of view. Or, as Claudia is narrating, we should acce...