Published by Harper / Vintage Classics, 1963, 496 pages.Review by Thomas Peak A conventional review of V. is hard to write. There is no plot, not much of a lesson, no real conclusion, no moral to be gleaned. It loosely follows a quest for V. across the globe. But 'loosely' is the operative word. What …
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In Search of Lost Time; Volume 1: The Way by Swanns (Books 1 & 2): Marcel Proust
Translated from French by C. K. Scott Moncrieff and Terence KilmartinPublished by Penguin, 2003, 496 pages. Original version published in 1913. Marcel Proust had always struck me as the quintessential snob’s choice; pretentious, devoid of action and inundating readers with impenetrable vocab. All of these concerns proved spot-on as I laboured my way through endless …
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The Woman in the Dunes: Kobo Abe
Translated from Japanese by E. Dale SaundersPublished by Vintage Books, 1964, 239 pages. Original version published in 1962.Review by Benedict Craven I recently put down Kobo Abe’s The Woman in the Dunes after three intense reading sessions. It is not an especially long book but for me this signified a new record in reading determination, …
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