Saturday, 3 February 2024

Arthur Koestler - Arrival and Departure

 One of three, including Darkness at Noon

Some beautiful passages reminding me of Nabokov.

Written in 1941-42, an allegory of the war. Just ordered the third book

John Wyndham - The Chrysalids

 Very early sci-fi, or post-apocalyptic future.

A quick read. Good story

Marcel Proust - In Search of Lost Time

 So, book one of seven. Took a while to grind through.

It was the final 30 pages that bought out a beautiful moment: bringing the whole thing to clarity.

Madame Swann was aged and past, a pointless mark of history and irrelevance