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The Art of the Novella: First Love by Ivan Turgenev
In the late 1850’s, three wealthy Russians have supper at the home of one of the men. After the plates are cleared away and the middle-aged gentlemen are enjoying cigars, they trade stories of their first loves. Two of them … Continue reading
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On Memory and Fiction
In part four of Ian McEwan’s Atonement, aging author Briony Tallis is revealed to be the author of the novel that comprises the previous three sections of the book. She is dying of vascular dementia, and that this, her last … Continue reading
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Best of Times, Worst of Times
A couple of weeks ago, my day-job required me to fly to Chicago for a day to attend a meeting. I’d been to Chicago on business a couple of times before, but on those trips I was visiting companies that … Continue reading
