A 4 Million Word Betrayal
By some estimations, Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time is the longest novel ever written. It is also considered one of the best. Though broken up into seven volumes, with the last three still rough drafts at the time of Proust’s death, the 1,200,000 word novel is lauded as a singular work of “daily epiphanies.” Christopher Hitchens … Continue reading
What Novels to Read When Facing Death
Like thousands of others in the Boston area, I felt like the thin thread between life and death was more closely measured last month. My wife and I were near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 15, roughly 160 feet from where one of the bombs would later go off. We … Continue reading
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