I think it was Virginia Woolf who described Shakespeare’s writing style as ‘translucent’. She attributed to it his uncanny way of being able to present ourselves to ourselves. Which is probably the reason that he is read and quoted so widely, even today. I felt that the same word applies to the writing style of Irene Nemirovsky. [...]
Archive for July, 2007
A translucent style
Posted in books on July 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Reading Collette
Posted in books on July 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I read Cheri some years ago, but forgot it was by Collette. Then, I started to read Le Fin du Cheri in French, but couldn’t quite manage it. Recently a friend recommended The Vagabond, which I just finished. It was good, some of the descriptive writing was very beautiful, parts of it were quite funny [...]
Grilled Italian Sausages for the Fourth
Posted in Uncategorized on July 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Probably everyone knows this already, but I had never figured out how to grill these critters. They usually end up as charred and blackened lumps that more likely than not are still undercooked. Now, thanks to a local catering firm I have a source for excellent sausages and the directions. The secret is to cook them [...]
A man in full
Posted in books on July 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
No, not the Tom Wolfe book (which I never read), but a novel by William Boyd (why isn’t he more well-known?). Some years ago, I read and liked The Blue Afternoon. There was something about the style, the setting, the characters. So, I decided to try another one by him — Any Human Heart, which is the fictional [...]
