Up to 1938, Adrian Allinson usually spent part of each spring and summer in the Mediterranean. This landscape is most likely Ibiza. Allinson would make initial sketches in situ, and then each winter, he painted the scenes at his north London studio.
If you enjoyed Emeric Pressburger's THE GLASS PEARLS, Sally Carson's CROKED CROSS or Anna Seghers' TRANSIT, chances are you'll like THE PASSENGER.
It would make a great film, very much in the vein of classic Hitchcock thrillers such as THE LADY VANISHES, NOTORIOUS & THE 39 STEPS! #BookSky #FilmSky
Beautiful photo!
No worries at all! He’s a filmmaker I admire rather than love…but I’m glad you mentioned this one as a good starting point as it’s probably what I need to watch next. A fresh start might help! :-)
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Cool. I’ll seek it out at some point. (I’ve seen an admired SOLARIS and STALKER, but little else by him so far.)
That scene was hilarious!
I’m so sorry. Childhood can be such a stressful time…
New on the blog today, I've written about THE PASSENGER by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz (tr Philip Boehm).
A brilliant, gripping novel in which a Jewish man goes on the run to evade the Nazis following the Kristallnacht atrocities. So timely & chilling... 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2026/06/07/t...
JacquiWine
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I thought I’d seen it before, but apparently not as everything about it felt new to me!
Only one or two *accidents* so far, but my back is killing me!
Well worth another watch, I’d say!
For a novel written in the immediate aftermath of Kristallnacht, a state-sponsored wave of violence, vandalism and imprisonment of Jews that took place in November 1938, The Passenger feels remarka…
