In 2023 I read a collection of short stories, Wandering Through Life, written by Donna Leon, concerning life experiences. In Backstage, Donna Leon provides us with another collection of short stories providing the background to her love of books and music plus life experiences which have influenced how and why she creates her characters and writes her novels.
Authors that Donna Leon refers to include novels by Ruth Rendell, Ross Macdonald, Reginald Hill, Charles Dickens, Patrick O'Brian, Sir Walter Scott and Jane Austen plus some of the works of playwrights and poets from Ancient Greece and Rome. Guido Brunetti often refers to works of literature when he is trying to relax at home.
Some of the excerpts in the book explain the research undertaken when writing her novels including writing the initial chapter of a book and also researching the background for some of the characters and crimes.
Backstage by Donna Leon is an interesting collection of short stories that the reader can dip into and gain additional information about Donna Leon and her world of writing.
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