Four Repeater Books (two I recommend)
two excellent books, two not excellent books
Tag: France
Poetics of Work by Noemi Lefebvre
rare writing depicting middle class rootlessness not as tragedy
Movements in European History by DH Lawrence
a mediocre history text then a pro-UBI, anti-“the Arts is special” rant
the red and the black by stendhal
a stream of blogsciousness
The Priest of Love by Harry T. Moore
An un-Lawrentian D.H. Lawrence biography
Tell Them Of Battles, Kings and Elephants by Mathias Enard
high grade historical fiction and the blogger hits some snags
Street of Thieves by Mathias Enard
another ruddy belter from enard who i love
Hasard Objectif by Joanna Walsh
love love love love love… and books
Translation as Transhumance by Mireille Gansel
a literary memoir on translation
Sodom and Gomorrah (À la recherche du temps perdu 4) by Marcel Proust
A La Recherche du Temps Perdu 4: This Time It’s Gay
