![]() ![]() For anyone who love Shakespeare, this is a must-read. Read more about the novel here and it gives you an idea of why it's so great. It is everything Shakespeare in Love, to which it was unfairly compared, failed to be: intelligent, genuine and above all Shakespearean. Burgess also wrote a "proper" biography of Shakespeare, for the little we know about the man, which is more a study about his work, and it is a great read in itself, but Nothing Like the Sun is a true masterpiece. It is Anthony Burgess' fictionalized biography Nothing Like The Sun. Since yesterday, I have been thinking about one recommending one book to celebrate the Bard. " It was all a matter of a goddess - dark, hidden, deadly, horribly desirable. My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:Īnd yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare That music hath a far more pleasing sound I love to hear her speak, yet well I know ![]() Than in her breath than my mistress reeks. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,Īnd in some perfumes is there more delight ![]() If hairs be wire, black wires grow on her head. My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun Ĭoral is far more red than her lips' red ![]()
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