Tag Archives: Anita Brookner
Hotel du Lac
I’m halfway finished reading Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner. Yesterday I watched the film based on the book. The story is somewhat sad and unresolved. Now I’m not sure that I want to finish the book. Hotel du Lac … Continue reading
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Tagged Anita Brookner, Francesco Furini, Galleria Spads, Hotel du Lac, loneliness, Santa Lucia, women writers
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A Life of Lacunae
It’s 9 a.m. and the cicadas are having a loud and lively jam session. It is understandable. They spend the first 17 years of their life underground then come out to mate. It’s the males that make all the noise … Continue reading
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Tagged A Start in Life, Anita Brookner, Anthony Blunt, Art History, Balzac, Courtauld Institute, loneliness
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