writerjenn

Tomorrow is the winter solstice, when we in the Northern Hemisphere start getting our daylight back, a little at a time.  I have just put John Updike's THE CENTAUR on my reading pile.  I reread it practically every winter.  It's a very wintry book; the season is a major part of the setting.  Updike captures perfectly the raw cold of subfreezing snowlessness, and the wild beauty of a snowstorm. 

Other "winter" classics: THE LONG WINTER, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, and MAIN STREET, by Sinclair Lewis.  The first is typically thought of as a children's book, but when I reread it as an adult, I had new respect for pioneers.  It's essentially a survival story.  MAIN STREET covers all the seasons, but those Minnesota winters stand out, and it's a great read for long dark evenings, plane or train rides, or quiet holidays at home.

What books say "Winter" to you?